Corporate governance and research and development: Evidence from Japan

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-164

  Hosono, Kaoru ^a   Tomiyama, Masayo ^b   Miyagawa, Tsutomu ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Japan; Ownership structure; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748867571     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590410001628125     Document Type: Article

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