Research and Development (R & D) and the Performance of Entreprises in Cameroon

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2020 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 7 Issue 9

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Mathurin Patrick Mboe Bobo, Moses A. Ofeh, Célestin Chameni Nembua

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I9P104

How to Cite?

Mathurin Patrick Mboe Bobo, Moses A. Ofeh, Célestin Chameni Nembua, "Research and Development (R & D) and the Performance of Entreprises in Cameroon," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 7,  no. 9, pp. 32-40, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I9P104

Abstract:

This article analyses the influence of R&D on the performance of enterprises in Cameroon. The influence is measured by added value and the returns of assets. The study is carried out using a sample of 40 enterprises that had made fiscal and statistical declarations at the National Institute of Statistics from 2008 to 2012, an extract of the survey of the Research Centre for International Development (RCID) carried out on the determinants of the performance of enterprises in sub-Saharian Africa in 2014. The results obtained by the quantile regression estimation show that in Cameroon, research and development (R&D), even though it is carried out only by 20% of the sample of enterprises, however, have positively and significantly influenced their performances (measured either by added value or by returns on assets).

Keywords:

R&D, return of assets, added value, quantile regression, Cameroon.

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