Journal
| Title | A Study on Impact of Profitability and R&D Intensity on R&D Expenditure in Selected Pharmaceutical Companies | |
| Author's Name | Y M Dalvadi* and Sarfaraj I Mansuri** | |
| ISSN | 0974-7281 | |
| Page(s) | 25-33 | |
| Volume No. | 10 | |
| Issue Month | January 2018 | |
| Keywords | Profitability, R&D intensity, Research and development expenditure. | |
| Abstract | R&D plays a very important role in growth and development of a firm & brings profit to the organization. In modern era it’s important to spend some amount of profit earned to generate profit for shareholder by investing in R&D. This paper examines the impact of profitability and R&D intensity on R&D expenditure of selected pharmaceutical companies. All of them have important roles in determining the ladder of the business strategy to invest in R&D activities. The data used in this study was gathered from sixteen pharmaceutical companies for the period of 2005-06 to 2014- 15. The result shows that pharmaceutical firms’ profitability and R&D intensity influence significantly the firm’s R&D expenditure. |
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