November 01, 2006
Financial data from 91 of the top 100 U.S. companies that invested in R&D during 2004 and 2003 were examined, including the relationship between these companies’ sales, profits, growth rates,...
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Metrics/Finance
March 01, 2006
Setting the level of R&D spending is one of the most important strategic decisions made by top management of technology-based firms. The delay between the commitment to expenditure for R&D...
September 12, 2016
What are the metrics currently used? What are the most effective metrics? What are the best practices for reporting portfolio valuation? What are the potential resources to consult? Presented by: Ken...
September 12, 2016
Overview of AkzoNobel's approach to global compensation Presented by: Steve Mason Fall 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentation...
July 01, 2007
Companies that invest in research and development do so for a reason: they expect a return on the investment. This is often communicated in some form or other as a value proposition. How do we ensure...
March 01, 2007
2007 is Research–Technology Management’s 50th year of publication. To mark the occasion, each issue reprints one of RTM’s six most frequently referenced articles. The articles were identified by N...
December 09, 2016
The marketplace is providing plenty of mixed signals to business--rapidly changing energy prices, a slowing housing market, and uncertainty in consumer confidence. Nevertheless, these signals are not...
May 25, 2016
Express Learning A recent highly acclaimed book by economist, Robert Gordon, “The Rise and Fall of American Growth,†argues the epoch of rapid growth in the US is over. Do R&D firms have the...
May 25, 2016
Breakout Session Technology forecasts are important to the allocation of investment capital and if accurate can be a bellwether for the disruptive innovation needed to fuel growth. Accordingly,...
November 01, 2008
Double-digit increases in profits during 2007 were reflected by continued strong growth in industrial R&D both in the United States and abroad. Table 1 shows that the top 100 U.S. R&D firms...
January 01, 2008
The marketplace continues to provide plenty of mixed signals to U.S. businesses: higher energy prices, uncertainties related to housing and interest rates, and a weak dollar. There are also many...
September 01, 2009
There is no question that R&D is important both to firms and to the economy ( 1 ). For U.S. firms in the 25 most R&D-intensive industries, R&D expenditures comprise 5.8% of annual firm...
July 01, 2009
Innovation is probably one of the most important forces fueling the growth of new products, sustaining incumbents, creating new markets, transforming industries, and promoting the global...
May 01, 2009
R&D at NASA, NSF, NIH, and DOE has fared very well in the new U.S. administration’s stimulus plan. But what role does R&D really play during a financial crisis? Where does it fall on the list...
January 01, 2010
The dilemmas of managing R&D are difficult in any time, but they really come to the forefront during a recession. How much focus should be on short-term versus long-term programs? What should the...
January 01, 2010
Recessions are difficult times. Companies respond differently to them, especially in the ways that they manage R&D. Intel’s recently retired chairman, Craig Barrett, has been an outspoken...