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Corporate governance and innovation in US-listed firms: the mediating effects of market concentration

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  • Nawar Hashem
  • Mehmet Ugur

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This book aims to disentangle the complex relationship between innovation and its potential determinants, paying special attention to the roles of governance and regulatory frameworks, and the ways in which the latter interact with other drivers of innovation such as competition and the innovator’s closeness to the technology frontier.

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  • Nawar Hashem & Mehmet Ugur, 2013. "Corporate governance and innovation in US-listed firms: the mediating effects of market concentration," Chapters, in: Mehmet Ugur (ed.), Governance, Regulation and Innovation, chapter 4, pages 86-121, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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