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Institutional systems inducing R&D in Amazon- the role of an investor surplus toward stakeholder capitalization

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  • Watanabe, Chihiro
  • Tou, Yuji
  • Neittaanmäki, Pekka

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Amazon demonstrated a conspicuous increase in R&D and became the world's top R&D firm in 2017 with a skyrocketing increase in market capitalization, making it close to being the world's biggest company.

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  • Watanabe, Chihiro & Tou, Yuji & Neittaanmäki, Pekka, 2020. "Institutional systems inducing R&D in Amazon- the role of an investor surplus toward stakeholder capitalization," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:63:y:2020:i:c:s0160791x20300828
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101290
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