Can R&D expenditure avoid corporate bankruptcy? Comparison between Japanese machinery and electric equipment industries using DEA-discriminant analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-311

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Goto, Mika ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; DEA; Discriminant analysis; Japanese manufacturing; R D

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FINANCE; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MACHINERY; TERMINALS (ELECTRIC);

BANKRUPTCY; DEA; EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCES; FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSES; GLOBAL MARKETS; JAPANESE MANUFACTURING; MACHINERY INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 56549129842     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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