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Title: | Enhancing the financial returns of R&D investments through operations management | Authors: | Yiu, LMD Lam, HKS Yeung, ACL Cheng, TCE |
Issue Date: | Jul-2020 | Source: | Production and operations management, July 2020, v. 29, no. 7, p. 1658-1678 | Abstract: | Although much research has been carried out to examine various contextual issues and moderating factors for successful R&D investments, very little research has been conducted to explore the role of a firm's operational and process characteristics. In this study, we explore how firms could possibly enhance the financial returns of R&D investments through quality management, using Six Sigma implementation as an example, and efficiency improvement, using the stochastic frontier estimation of relative efficiency as a proxy. Based on data from 468 manufacturing firms in the United States over the period 2007–2014, we construct a dynamic panel data model to capture the effects of R&D investments on firms’ financial returns in terms of Tobin's q. Using the system generalized method of moments estimator, our results indicate that the financial returns of R&D investments are significantly enhanced when firms adopt Six Sigma and improve efficiency in operations. Our additional analyses further suggest that such an enhancement effect through quality and efficiency improvements is more pronounced under high operational complexity as approximated by labor intensity and geographical diversity. Instead of considering innovation activities and process management as contradictory functions, we show that quality and efficiency improvements indeed support firms’ R&D investments, leading to higher financial returns. | Keywords: | Operational efficiency R&D investments Six Sigma Tobin's q |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | Journal: | Production and operations management | ISSN: | 1059-1478 | EISSN: | 1937-5956 | DOI: | 10.1111/poms.13186 | Rights: | © 2020 Production and Operations Management Society This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Yiu, L.M.D., Lam, H.K.S., Yeung, A.C.L. and Cheng, T.C.E. (2020), Enhancing the Financial Returns of R&D Investments through Operations Management. Prod Oper Manag, 29: 1658-1678, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13186. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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