Research and development, cash flow, agency and governance: UK large companies

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1565-1577

  Driver, Ciaran ^a   Guedes, Maria João Coelho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Finance; Panel data; Policy; R D; UK

Indexed keywords

CASH FLOW; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; LISTED COMPANIES; PANEL DATA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; UK;

FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84866308896     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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