CEOs from the state where their companies are based are less likely to cut R&D expenses in order to achieve earnings targets, research finds.
New research shows that companies that know how to shift critical resources where and when they’re needed share common traits. Rigor is the first one.
“What’s sapping investor confidence ... is the absence of a clear path to grow revenue and cut costs,” an analyst says.
The new tax break on repatriated foreign earnings will spur increased R&D, a study of an earlier tax holiday suggests.
Among a number of capital-raising experiments, some companies are seeking investors for specific projects.
It may be wise to give favored tax treatment to intellectual property in exchange for keeping it domestic, even without corporate tax reform.
Computers, research, and software will be the big-ticket items in 2016.
The provisions of the tax extenders bill just passed by Congress expire at the end of 2014.
Can you apply discipline to R&D without killing it? That's the challenge.
