R&D intensity, firm performance and the identification of the threshold: Fresh evidence from the panel threshold regression model

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-401

  Yeh, Ming Liang ^a   Chu, Hsiao Ping ^b   Sher, Peter J ^c   Chiu, Yi Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXPENDITURE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THRESHOLD;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77950873414     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701604487     Document Type: Article

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