The effects of owner identity and external governance systems on R&D investments: A study of western European firms

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1093-1104

  Munari, Federico ^a   Oriani, Raffaele ^b   Sobrero, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Owner identity; R D investments; Western europe

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GERMANY; GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS; SHAREHOLDINGS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77955425955     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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