Does the Board of Directors Affect the Extent of Corporate R&D? Evidence from Italian listed companies
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Board of Directors; R&D; Agency Theory; Corporate Governance;All these keywords.
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- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
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