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Business R&D investments in the EU: Main dynamics and economic effects

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  • Mihaela DIACONU

    (The “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania)

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Research and development expenditures are known as drivers of innovation and productivity. This paper aims at investigating two interrelated aspects of business R&D investments in the EU: the main features and trends in business R&D investments and their impact on company′s performance. The results from preceding descriptive analysis on the most recent dynamics in the EU's R&D investments indicate the persistence of several characteristics highlighted also in the literature, such as an increasing business R&D intensity gap between the EU and its main competitors, large differences registered in the total R&D investment intensity across EU countries, sectors and firms and industrial R&D concentration at the level of a few players. The positive impact of R&D investments on company's performance in terms of net sales and operating profit is shown by conducting several econometric models. We also investigate whether the size has an effect on the R&D investments performed by companies exploiting data from the EU industrial R&D investment Scoreboard.

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  • Mihaela DIACONU, 2019. "Business R&D investments in the EU: Main dynamics and economic effects," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania / Editura Economica, vol. 0(4(621), W), pages 19-34, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:agr:journl:v:xxvi:y:2019:i:4(621):p:19-34
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