The Effect of Product Development Restructuring on Shareholder Value

The Effect of Product Development Restructuring on Shareholder Value

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Article ID: iaor201524733
Volume: 23
Issue: 5
Start Page Number: 728
End Page Number: 743
Publication Date: May 2014
Journal: Production and Operations Management
Authors: ,
Keywords: investment, decision, production, economics
Abstract:

This article examines the effect of product development restructuring (PDR) on shareholder value. The results are based on a sample of 165 announcements made during 2002–2011. PDR announcements are associated with an economically and statistically significant positive stock market reaction. Over a two‐day period (the day of the announcement and the day preceding the announcement), the mean (median) market reaction is 1.63% (0.87%). The market reaction is generally positive regardless of the PDR purpose or action. Although the market reaction is more positive for higher R&D intensity firms, it is not directly affected by the firm's prior financial performance or whether the firm's primary PDR objective is to increase revenues or cut costs. However, the interaction between the firm's prior financial performance and its primary PDR objective is significant. For firms that are financial outperformers, the market reaction is more positive if the firm's primary PDR objective is to increase revenues. For financial underperformers, the market reaction is more positive if the firm's primary PDR objective is to cut costs.

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