News from 2016-03-21 / KfW Research

SME business performance – research and development pays off

SMEs benefit from investing in research and development (R&D). Those who undertake R&D of their own grow faster, create more jobs and achieve higher profit margins. When a business conducts R&D continuously, for example, its turnover in the following two years is almost five percentage points higher than that of an enterprise without R&D. Research and development is a major lever for improving business performance.

SME business performance – research and development pays off

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