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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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