The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs
The article is focused on evaluation of impacts of the project support for research, development and innovations on the economic performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. The set of analysed enterprises was composed of 182 SMEs operating in the Region of South Moravia in the Czech Republic,...
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2016-01-01
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| author | Ivana Blažková |
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| description | The article is focused on evaluation of impacts of the project support for research, development and innovations on the economic performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. The set of analysed enterprises was composed of 182 SMEs operating in the Region of South Moravia in the Czech Republic, which were active in R & D in 2012 and 2013. There were evaluated public sources of funding for innovation activities and selected financial ratios of economic performance. The hypotheses about the relationship between the amount of public support and profitability of enterprises were set up and statistically tested. The analysis proved sufficient level of profitability and liquidity of the SMEs involved in research, the worst economic performance of the smallest enterprises and the direct positive relationship between the amount of public support and the profitability in two size groups of enterprises, which refers to the positive impact of the public support on the economic performance of SMEs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ba4396e6eff47a5aee8267ad83e29902022-12-21T19:14:29ZengMendel University PressActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis1211-85162464-83102016-01-0164121322210.11118/actaun201664010213The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEsIvana Blažková0Department of Regional and Business Economics, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech RepublicThe article is focused on evaluation of impacts of the project support for research, development and innovations on the economic performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. The set of analysed enterprises was composed of 182 SMEs operating in the Region of South Moravia in the Czech Republic, which were active in R & D in 2012 and 2013. There were evaluated public sources of funding for innovation activities and selected financial ratios of economic performance. The hypotheses about the relationship between the amount of public support and profitability of enterprises were set up and statistically tested. The analysis proved sufficient level of profitability and liquidity of the SMEs involved in research, the worst economic performance of the smallest enterprises and the direct positive relationship between the amount of public support and the profitability in two size groups of enterprises, which refers to the positive impact of the public support on the economic performance of SMEs.https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/1/0213/research and developmentinnovationssmall and medium-sized enterprisesproject supporteconomic performancefinancial ratios |
| spellingShingle | Ivana Blažková The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis research and development innovations small and medium-sized enterprises project support economic performance financial ratios |
| title | The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs |
| title_full | The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs |
| title_short | The Impact of the Public Support for R & D on the Economic Performance of SMEs |
| title_sort | impact of the public support for r amp d on the economic performance of smes |
| topic | research and development innovations small and medium-sized enterprises project support economic performance financial ratios |
| url | https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/1/0213/ |
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