An assessment of the moderation effect of intellectual property rights on R&D capabilities and operation performance

Malaysian chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies need to improve their operational performance. Since the world community has emphasised the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) as a mechanism for companies to succeed in competing in the global arena, there is a strong urgenc...

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Main Author: Herman Shah, Anuar
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spelling my.uum.etd.83332022-10-06T07:07:02Z https://etd.uum.edu.my/8333/ An assessment of the moderation effect of intellectual property rights on R&D capabilities and operation performance Herman Shah, Anuar HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Malaysian chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies need to improve their operational performance. Since the world community has emphasised the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) as a mechanism for companies to succeed in competing in the global arena, there is a strong urgency for them to strengthen their position by implementing better business strategies especially related to R&D capabilities. In this study, how IPR behaves as a moderator that would stimulate R&D activities toward achieving positive growth of a company’s operating performance is investigated. Strengthening the IPR elements would produce benefits to the company since IPR has a significant impact on the overall performance of the company. The relationship between R&D capabilities towards operational performance moderated by IPR has not been fully explored. In line with the property rights theories, this study focuses on how the internal R&D and external R&D related to operational performance of chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies. Intellectual property rights (patent) would act as a moderating variable in the relationship between R&D capabilities towards operational performance. By using the survey method, questionnaires were sent to 599 R&D and IP chemical and metallurgy manufacturing managers throughout Malaysia. 138 questionnaires were returned and 124 were usable. The findings showed that internal R&D, external R&D, and IPR gave a significant impact towards company operational performance. IPR was found to be moderating the relationship between internal and external R&D towards company operational performance. Whereas, there was a significant impact between internal and external R&D for these three types of company namely local company, foreign company, and joint-venture company. Nevertheless, there was no significant impact between company operational performance and IPR in these three company types. Finally, the impacts of these findings to the R&D and IP managers for chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies were discussed. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/8333/1/s93308_01.pdf text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/8333/2/s93308_references.docx Herman Shah, Anuar (2013) An assessment of the moderation effect of intellectual property rights on R&D capabilities and operation performance. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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An assessment of the moderation effect of intellectual property rights on R&D capabilities and operation performance
description Malaysian chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies need to improve their operational performance. Since the world community has emphasised the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) as a mechanism for companies to succeed in competing in the global arena, there is a strong urgency for them to strengthen their position by implementing better business strategies especially related to R&D capabilities. In this study, how IPR behaves as a moderator that would stimulate R&D activities toward achieving positive growth of a company’s operating performance is investigated. Strengthening the IPR elements would produce benefits to the company since IPR has a significant impact on the overall performance of the company. The relationship between R&D capabilities towards operational performance moderated by IPR has not been fully explored. In line with the property rights theories, this study focuses on how the internal R&D and external R&D related to operational performance of chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies. Intellectual property rights (patent) would act as a moderating variable in the relationship between R&D capabilities towards operational performance. By using the survey method, questionnaires were sent to 599 R&D and IP chemical and metallurgy manufacturing managers throughout Malaysia. 138 questionnaires were returned and 124 were usable. The findings showed that internal R&D, external R&D, and IPR gave a significant impact towards company operational performance. IPR was found to be moderating the relationship between internal and external R&D towards company operational performance. Whereas, there was a significant impact between internal and external R&D for these three types of company namely local company, foreign company, and joint-venture company. Nevertheless, there was no significant impact between company operational performance and IPR in these three company types. Finally, the impacts of these findings to the R&D and IP managers for chemical and metallurgical manufacturing companies were discussed.
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title_short An assessment of the moderation effect of intellectual property rights on R&D capabilities and operation performance
title_full An assessment of the moderation effect of intellectual property rights on R&D capabilities and operation performance
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