R&D expenditures, ultimate ownership and future performance: Evidence from China

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-54

  Ruiqi, Wang ^a   Wang, Fangjun ^a   Xu, Luying ^a   Yuan, Changhong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Future performance; Fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis; R D expenditures; Ultimate ownership; Voting rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997207732     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.10.018     Document Type: Article

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