TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigating the Effect of Research and Development
Contribution to Productivity Growth in SMEs
AU - Amirkhani, Amir Hossein AU - Allahyari, Abolfazl AU - Torangan, Hossein 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 20
SP  - 4731
EP  - 4736
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.4731.4736
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.4731.4736
KW  - Research and development
KW  -productivity
KW  -small firm
KW  -medium firm
KW  -resources
AB  - Currently, Research and Development (R&D)is the most important factor of new productions and
industrial achievement of an economy. Moreover, development of SMEs is key to economic development in
the next decade. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate R&D for the factors effective on productivity
growthof SMEs. In this regard, the factors effective on productivity were first identified and then prioritized
from the viewpoint of manufacturers. This study assumed a relationship between R&D and consequently its
main dimensions such as human resources and motivation, rules and regulations, innovative R&D, finance and
investment and managerial resources and organization and productivity growth. This study used correlation
and data was collected by archival and field studies (questionnaires). The studied population consisted of all
Iranian SMEs which had R&D units. Using Cochran formula, 320 unitswere selected as samples by simple
random sampling method. The results showed a significant relationship between human resources and
motivation, rules and regulations, innovative R&D, finance and investment, managerial resources and
organization and generally R&D and productivity growth of firms. Moreover, the prioritized dimensions of R&D
included finance and investment, managerial resources and organization, innovative R&D, rules and regulations
and human resources and motivation, respectively.
ER  -