R&D intensity and corporate financial policy: Some international evidence

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 671-692

  Bah, Rahim ^a   Dumontier, Pascal ^b  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 0348105801     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00389     Document Type: Article

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