Entries from November 2006

November 13, 2006

R&D Spend not Correlated to Returns – Of Course!

Categories: Innovation Insights
A recently published report from Booz Allen Hamilton found that there is no correlation between R&D investments and financial performance in areas such as profit, sales growth, net margin and shareholder returns. This contrasts greatly with the widely held view that high R&D spend is essential for profitable growth.
In fact, the findings should [...]