Research, development, and firm growth. Empirical evidence from European top R&D spending firms

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1084-1092

  García Manjón, Juan V ^a   Romero Merino, M Elena ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Generalized method of moments; Innovation; Quantile regression; R D

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS LEADERS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FIRM GROWTH; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; POLICY MAKERS; QUANTILE REGRESSION; SALES GROWTH;

ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; SALES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84860219058     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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