• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2019

This study examines the relationship between R&D intensity and disclosure. R&D activities are essential in bringing innovation to companies. However, R&D activities are naturally uncertain and increase information asymmetry. Thus, firms with high R&D activities are more likely to have the incentive to communicate the potential of R&D investment to the market through voluntary disclosure and, concurrently, resolve information asymmetry. Meanwhile, incentives to less voluntary disclosure exist because of the proprietary cost and the risk of competitiveness loss. Furthermore, the uncertainties inherent in R&D activities caused the possible decrease in the information accuracy. For the two opposing views, this study investigates the relationship between R&D intensity and disclosure frequency using the Regulation Fair Disclosure data in Korea. Moreover, the relationship between R&D intensity and usefulness of the information disclosed is also examined. Using firm sample listed in the 2011-2016 Korea Stock Market, results show that firms with high R&D intensity make disclosures more frequent. Subsequently, the analysis using forecast sample shows that management forecast error is higher in firms with high R&D intensity. This research contributes to the existing literature by presenting evidence that R&D intensity is a significant factor affecting manager's disclosure behavior and information usefulness.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.98-123
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• 2002

This study develops a Korean R&D Scoreboard which has originated from the R&D Scoreboard in United Kingdom. The Scoreboard contains details of the R&D investment, sales, growth, profits and employee numbers for Korean companies which are extracted from company annual reports and key ratios calculated, with some movements over time. Companies are classified by the Korea Standard Industrial Classification. The Scoreboard contains 190 companies which consist of 100 largest companies and 30 middle-or small-sized firms listed in Korea Stock Exchange (KSE), and 30 ventures and 30 other firms listed in KOSDAQ. The overall company R&D intensity (R&D as a percentage of sales) is 2.1% compared to the international average of 4.2%. Korea has an unusually large R&D percentage of sales in IT hardware (4.9%) and telecommunication (3.7%). R&D intensity is positively correlated with company performance measures such as profitability, sales growth, productivity and market value. For largest companies listed in KSE and ventures listed in KOSDAQ, the ratio of operating profit to sales is greater for high R&D intensity companies. Sales growth is in proportion to R&D intensity for all companies. Plots of value added per employee or sales per employee vs R&D per employee rise together for the sectors studied, especially for the chemical sectors and automobile sectors, demonstrating a correlation with productivity. The average market value of high R&D companies in the KSE has risen more than 1.6 times that of the KOSPI 200 index. Given the correlation between R&D intensity and company performance and given that R&D is a smaller percentage of surplus (profits plus R&D) than international level (both overall and in several sectors), the challenges facing Korean companies are to maintain the leading position in IT hardware and telecommunication, and to increase the intensity of R&D in many medium-intensive R&D sectors where Korea has an average intensity well below international or US levels.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.45-60
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• 2020

Purpose - This study examines the impact of company ownership nature and of the dual role of CEO and board chair on R & D investment intensity, as well as the moderating effect of this dual role. Most previous research focused on the impact of the dual role of CEO and board chair on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses A-share companies listed on the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges in China from 2008 to 2017. The univariate and the multivariate regression analysis were hired In order to analyze the data. Findings - The results show that there is a significant negative relationship between state-owned companies and R & D investment intensity. In addition, there is a significant positive relationship between the dual role and R & D investment intensity. The effect of state ownership on R & D investment intensity is more negative when CEO-board chair duality exists. This means that in case of state-owned companies, if CEO serves as the board chair, the propensity to invest in R&D is further reduced. Research implications or Originality - This is a pioneering study that considers the joint effect of state-owned companies and dual role on R & D investment intensity in the Chinese economy.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.87-124
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 1990년 4월-2002년 3월의 기간에서 연구개발집중도에 근거한 포트폴리오의 구성전략이 의미 있는 투자전략인지, 어떠한 측정도구를 이용하여 연구개발집중도를 측정하는 것이 효과적인지 그리고 포트폴리오 구성전략에서 어떠한 기업특성요인을 고려해야 하는지를 확인하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 R&D/S와 R&D/TA이외에 R&D/MV와 R&D/BV를 이용하여 연구 개발집중도를 측정하여 포트폴리오의 비정상수익률을 비교 분석한 다음 기업규모, BV/MV 및 과거수익률의 크기에 따라 포트폴리오를 세분류하는 방법과 Chan, Lakonishok and Sougiannis (2001)의 다수요인모형을 이용하여 투자성과에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하였다. 분석결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 우리나라의 경우 연구개발투자가 배우 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 산업에 따라 연구개발집중도에 차이가 있음을 발견하였다. 한편 연구개발집중도가 높은 기업은 시장가치의 평균값이 높고, BV/MV가 상대적으로 낮은 수준을 보이고 있으며, 통계적으로 유의적인 양(+)의 비정상수익률이 관찰되었다. 둘째, 연구개발집중도의 측정방법에 따라 포트폴리오의 성과가 달라지지 않았다. R&D/S, R&D/MV와 R&D/BV 이외에 R&D/TA로 측정할 때 연구개발집중도가 가장 높은 포트폴리오 (P1)와 가장 낮은 포트폴리오(P5)에서 각각 가장 큰 유의적인 양(+)의 비정상수익률과 가장 낮은 유의적인 음(-)의 비정상수익률을 관찰할 수 있었으나 연구개발집중도의 측정수단에 따라 포트폴리오의 비정상수익률이 의미 있는 차이를 보이지 않았다. 섯째, 연구개발집중도에 근거한 포트폴리오의 구성전략에서 기업규모, BV/MV와 장기적인 수익률의 시계열 특성이 중요한 의미를 가짐을 발견하였다. 이러한 결과는 가치가중지수 대신 기업규모와 BV/MV를 통제한 대응지수를 이용한 분석, 포트폴리오의 세분류 및 다중회귀분석에서 각각 일관되게 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 이러한 결과는 IMF 이후에도 여전히 유지되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.397-415
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• 2021

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze the cost behavior of firms, taking into account both high R&D intensity and situations in which R&D activities are likely to be performed efficiently. Design/methodology/approach - During the sample period from 2002 to 2019, regression analysis is conducted on the manufacturing firms with December fiscal year listed on KOSDAQ. The degree of R&D expenditure was measured by R&D intensity. The efficient R&D situation is measured as the decline stage firms in the KOSDAQ market, which are relatively smaller than the KOSPI market. Findings - Firms in the decline phase and high R&D intensity showed the cost stickiness. Because these firms anticipate an optimistic future, they do little to cut current costs even if their current sales decrease. Research implications or Originality - Firstly, it is confirmed that both the extent of R&D expenditure and the situation in which R&D will be effectively performed are important in the study of cost behavior. Secondly, we present a new perspective on strategy research that favors the use of cost advantage strategy related to cost anti-stickiness for the decline firms.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.200-216
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• 2015

This paper empirically investigates the role of R&D intensity on market concentration of firms using four key market valuation variables, namely (1) market share, (2) labor intensity, (3) firm age and, (4) firm's market value. The empirical tests use database at firm level for the Indian IT sector from 1999 to 2013 from the CMIE Prowess database. The results of the regression analyses partially support our hypothesis that R&D intensity positively influences firm's market value measure by the H-index. The test results are consistent with the hypotheses that R&D spending is more valuable for firms with larger market shares, higher labor intensity, and firms that are diversified.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.175-189
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• 2023

Purpose - The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between CEO name uncommonness and R&D intensity while focusing on CEO ownership and CEO tenure as moderators of the relationship. Design/methodology/approach - This study collected data from various American databases such as national data on given names from Social Security Administration, COMPUSTAT, and Execucomp. The sample of this study includes 2,494 (firm-year) observations from U.S. firms between 2005-2011. This study conducts Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) regression analysis to test the hypotheses. Findings - First, we found CEO name uncommonness was positively related to R&D intensity. In other words, CEOs with unusual names prefer being distinctive by increasing R&D investments. Second, we examine the moderating roles of CEO characteristics (i.e., CEO ownership and tenure). The results show that CEO tenure strengthens the positive relationship between CEO name uncommonness and R&D intensity. Research implications or Originality - First, this study extends the CEO characteristics and R&D literature by investigating how CEO name uncommonness affects R&D intensity. In addition, our study also supports the intitutionalization of CEO power arguments by showing that CEOs with unusual names are more likely to pursue distinctive strategies when they have longer tenure. For practical implications, our results allow the investors to better predict corporate future R&D expenses. It suggests that ceteris paribus, CEOs with unusual names, vis-a-vis CEOs with common names, are more likely to increase R&D expenses.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2016

The external R&D, which includes the adoption of the external technology and knowledge in addition to the internal R&D, is one of important factors for the innovation. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the external R&D has been considered as a key factor to carry out the innovation more efficiently due to the limitations of their resources and capacities. However, most of extant studies related to external R&D have focused on analyzing the influence of external R&D on innovation outputs or outcomes. Only a few studies have explored the impact of external R&D on the innovation efficiency. This study therefore investigates whether the external R&D effects the industry's innovation efficiency and productivity. On this study, we used Korean manufacturing industry data of SMEs from 2012 to 2014 and employed a global Malmquist productivity analysis technique, which is based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), to assess the innovation efficiency and productivity. Innovation performances of external R&D group and internal R&D group are compared. Then, the sectoral patterns of both innovation efficiency and productivity are analyzed with respect to the technological intensity, which is introduced by OECD. The results show that the gap of innovation efficiency between external and internal R&D groups has gradually decreased because of the continuous improvement of the external R&D group's performance, while the external R&D group lag behind the internal R&D group. In addition, patterns of the innovation efficiency and productivity change were different depending on the technological intensity, which means that the higher the technological intensity, the greater the effect of external R&D.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.45-73
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• 2012

본 연구는 2000년부터 2010년까지 한국거래소의 유가증권시장과 코스닥시장에 상장된 기업을 대상으로 기업의 재무적 특성변수가 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 미치는 영향을 실증분석 하였으며, 주요한 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 기업규모는 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 양(+)의 영향을 미친다. 이는 R&D 투자는 중소기업보다 대기업의 기업가치에 더 큰 영향을 미침을 의미한다. 기업의 잉여현금흐름은 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 음(-)의 영향을 미친다. 이는 잉여현금흐름이 높은 기업은 순현재가치(NPV)가 음(-)인 투자안에 여유자금을 투자할 과잉투자위험이 존재한다는 Jensen(1986)의 이론을 지지한다. 기업의 시장점유율은 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 양(+)의 영향을 미친다. 시장점유율과 R&D 투자는 상호보완적으로 작용하므로, 시장점유율이 높은 기업은 R&D 투자도 증가하여 시장가치가 증가한다. 기업의 외부금융 의존도는 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 음(-)의 영향을 미친다. R&D 투자는 비대칭정보로 인한 역선택비용을 크게 발생시키므로, 외부금융에 의존하기보다 내부금융을 사용하는 것이 더 유리할 수 있다. 그리고 기업의 노동집약도와 자본집약도는 각각 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 음(-)의 영향을 미치는데, 전자는 노동집약도가 높은 기업일수록 종업원들 간에 초과수익률이 희석될 가능성이 높기 때문이고, 후자는 자본집약도가 높은 기업일수록 재무적 제약에 직면할 가능성이 높기 때문이다. 결론적으로, 본 연구에서 설정한 기업의 재무적 특성변수 중에서, 기업규모와 시장점유율은 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 양(+)의 영향을 미치지만, 잉여현금흐름, 외부금융의존도, 노동집약도 및 자본집약도는 음(-)의 영향을 미친다. 따라서 기업 경영자들은 이러한 재무적 특성변수들이 R&D 투자와 기업가치간의 관계에 미치는 영향을 올바르게 이해하여 R&D 투자를 결정함으로써 기업가치를 증가시킬 수 있다.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.43-69
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• 2006

In this study, we examine the effect of TRIPS on the relationship between R&D expenditures and patent applications in manufacturing firms. The first set of tests examines the association between patent applications and R&D expenditures and firm specific factors such as firm size and capital intensity. The next set of tests adds environmental factors including R&D intensity of the industry and development of TRIPS. We divide the sample period into three subperiods according to the progress of TRIPS subperiod 1(1984-1988) before TRIPS, subperiod 2(1989-1994) after negotiation of TRIPS and subperiod 3(1995-2000) after agreement on TRIPS. Regression model reveals that the coefficient on firm size is significantly positive over the all sample Period, while that of R&D expenditures of R&D intensive firms is significantly positive in subperiod 2 and 3(1989-2000) and that of capital intensity is significantly negative only in subperiod 3(1995-2000). The findings suggest that the efficient intellectual property system promotes the patent application of R&D intensive firms.