Firm R&D, Innovation, and Productivity in German Industry

Konferenzbeitrag

This paper investigates empirically rm investment behavior in research and development (R&D). Firms make investments in R&D in order to produce innovations. These innovations in turn improve the rm s future productivity level, pro tability and incentives to invest in R&D. Using German rm-level data from the manufacturing sector, we estimate a dynamic, structural model of the rm s choice to invest in R&D and quantify the bene t and cost of engaging in R&D. We nd that among rms that engage in R&D, process and product innovations create a signi cant improvement in their productivity. The cost for performing R&D differs across rms based on their size and R&D history. We compute the bene ts of R&D investment to the rm and nd that by taking the dynamic nature of the investment into account the real return to R&D is several times higher than the one time gain in rm productivity.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2013: Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung - Session: R&D and Innovation I ; No. A10-V3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Vuong, Van Anh ; Peters, Bettina ; Roberts, Mark J. ; Fryges, Helmut
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/79760
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET