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The Influence of Diversification and Market Structure on the R&D Intensity of Large Australian Firms
Author(s) -
Rogers Mark
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.00232
Subject(s) - diversification (marketing strategy) , r&d intensity , competition (biology) , intensity (physics) , market competition , market structure , economics , business , economic geography , monetary economics , industrial organization , market economy , physics , marketing , biology , management , optics , ecology
This article empirically investigates the determinants of R&D intensity for large Australian firms (1994–1997). The results indicate that more focused firms have higher R&D intensities and that lower levels of industry competition are associated with lower R&D intensities.