Research And Development (R&D) Management And Its Impact On Firm Performance

Azelan, Aimi Nur Atirah (2014) Research And Development (R&D) Management And Its Impact On Firm Performance. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Nowadays, the success of Research and Development (R&D) management has become more important to firm performance. The purpose of this study is to identify the role of R&D management on firm and also to measure the impact of R&D management in an organization. Past studies have shown that R&D management is important to give impact on firm performance. The dependent variable is firm performance and the independent variables are strategy, company culture and R&D climate. The research is based on a quantitative research approach. The method use in gathering all data is from primary and secondary data. Primary data can be achieved through a questionnaire. However, for secondary data, all the data can be found from past study, either from published or unpublished sources. The distributions of the questionnaire were through e-mail and face to face to 80 respondents that have responsibilities in the R&D department inside the firms around Malaysia. From the three independent variables (strategy, company culture and R&D climate) only two were significant to give positive impacts on firm performance, which is strategy and company culture. Meanwhile R&D climate was found not to be significant and has no impact on firm performance. Strategy has become the most significant value in terms of its role in R&D management and it can impact firm performance positively.

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