Ownership structure and the relationship between financial slack and R&D investments: Evidence from Korean Firms

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-418

  Hicheon, Kim ^a   Heechun, Kim ^b   Peggy, M Lee ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Organizational slack; Ownership structure; R D investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349097295     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0360     Document Type: Article

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