Nonlinear Effect of Financial Efficiency and Financial Competition on Heterogeneous Firm R&D: A Study on the Combined Perspective of Financial Quantity Expansion and Quality Development

Manufacturing firm data and district financial quantity and quality indicators for 2005–2007 combined with heterogeneous firm characteristics were used with a threshold panel to study the effect of financial inefficiency on firm R&D and the financial boundaries of efficiency improvement. The...

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Main Authors: Yang Gao, Yu Wang, Chien-Chi Chu, Sang-Bing Tsai, Xiaomin Du, Quan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/5/1383