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Seeking Finance, Perceived Financial Constraints and R&D Engagement

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  • Yu Lu

    (IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique - UN - Université de Nantes - UR - Université de Rennes - INSA Rennes - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes - INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - CentraleSupélec - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This study empirically examines the association among R&D engagement, seeking finance and perceived financial constraints in high-tech SMEs. R&D engagement includes the decision of R&D engagement (whether a firm was engaged in R&D) and the degree of R&D engagement (actual R&D expenditure). I take into account both financial constraints and the former process, seeking finance. This paper proposes two sequential hypotheses. Firstly, I postulate that the decision of R&D engagement has a positive relationship with seeking finance in high-tech SMEs. Next, for those high-tech SMEs that applied for fund, I presume that perceived financial constraints are negatively related with the degree of R&D engagement. The empirical results are consistent with my expectations and thus the hypotheses are supported.

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  • Yu Lu, 2017. "Seeking Finance, Perceived Financial Constraints and R&D Engagement," Post-Print hal-02559421, HAL.
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