The implications of debt heterogeneity for R&D investment and firm performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-181

  David, Parthiban ^a   O'Brien, Jonathan P ^b   Yoshikawa, Toru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 42149106230     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2008.30772877     Document Type: Article

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