Financing constraints, R&D investments and innovative performances: new empirical evidence at the firm level for Europe

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 183-196

  Hall, Bronwyn H ^a   Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro ^b   Montresor, Sandro ^b,c   Vezzani, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

financial constraints; innovation; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957847546     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2015.1076194     Document Type: Editorial

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