The impact of R&D resources and capability on company performance

R&D resources and capability is expected to affect company performance, especially those of high technology. Highlights of the work shows companies with high R&D expenditure and manpower resources typically influence company performance. Therefore, in order to improve the company's perf...

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Main Authors: Sofian, Saudah, Mustafar, Mastora, Yusoff, Mohd. Effandi, Low, Hock Heng
Format: Article
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62940/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3247
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Summary:R&D resources and capability is expected to affect company performance, especially those of high technology. Highlights of the work shows companies with high R&D expenditure and manpower resources typically influence company performance. Therefore, in order to improve the company's performance it is important to take into account the elements of R&D resources and capability. Given the fact that these elements are important to the technology-based companies, this study was conducted to examine whether R&D resources and capability influence business performance. A set of questionnaire was distributed among 138 technology-based companies and statistical analyses were employed to analyze gathered data from the survey. Findings indicate that the elements do influence the business performance of the companies.