Effects of social capital, top executive attributes and R&D on firm value in chinese small and medium-sized enterprises

China and World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 79-100

  Qiao, Penghua ^a   Fung, Hung Gay ^b   Ju, Xiaofeng ^c  

^a QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Firm value; R D; Small and medium sized enterprises; Social capital; Top executive attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880390183     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12029.x     Document Type: Article

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