Ownership and the cyclicality of firms’ R&D investment

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 343-359

  Beneito, Pilar ^a   Rochina Barrachina, María Engracia ^a   Sanchis Llopis, Amparo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Credit constraints; Ownership; R D investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938841536     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-014-0320-9     Document Type: Article

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