Employee stock ownership and corporate R&D expenditures: Evidence from Taiwan's information-technology industry

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-384

  Chen, Hsiang Lan ^a,b   Huang, Yen Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Employee stock ownership; R D expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749031586     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-006-9005-4     Document Type: Article

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