2013
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2013.849456
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Business Cycles and Investment in Productivity-Enhancing Activities: Evidence from Spanish Firms

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“…Reductions in demand tend to have a negative impact on firms' R&D investments, although the effect is often relatively mild (e.g., Aghion et al, 2012;Arvanitis & Woerter, 2013;Filippetti & Archibugi, 2011;López-García et al, 2013;Paunov, 2012). R&D investment is distinguishable from many other investments because of its long time horizons and high adjustment costs (Hall, 2010;Hall, Blanchard, & Hubbard, 1986).…”
Section: Investments In Randd Assetsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Reductions in demand tend to have a negative impact on firms' R&D investments, although the effect is often relatively mild (e.g., Aghion et al, 2012;Arvanitis & Woerter, 2013;Filippetti & Archibugi, 2011;López-García et al, 2013;Paunov, 2012). R&D investment is distinguishable from many other investments because of its long time horizons and high adjustment costs (Hall, 2010;Hall, Blanchard, & Hubbard, 1986).…”
Section: Investments In Randd Assetsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Human capital refers to the knowledge and skills embedded in firms' employees (Coff, 1997;Hatch & Dyer, 2004). Recessions and demand reductions are often associated with mass layoffs and pay cuts, but some research on the matter finds that human capital investments are actually countercyclical (Aghion & Saint-Paul, 1998;Greer & Stedham, 1989;López-García et al, 2013). So how can this be?…”
Section: Investments In Human Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to the paper [17] «empirical studies also investigate the impact of access to external financing on firms' R&D expenditure. They find that weaker access to external financing leads to lower R&D expenditure… Another strand of literature investigates the effect of credit constraints in economic downturns and shows that these lead to lower R&D expenditure».…”
Section: Issn 2226-3780mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our focus is on human capital because strategy research indicates that human resources are particularly important drivers for competitive outcomes (Campbell, Coff, and Kryscynski, ; Coff, ) and because some of the most characteristic and heterogeneous effects of recessions are related to employment and labor market imperfections (Davis and Haltiwanger, ; Keynes, ). While the aggregate pattern is that labor demand falls in recessions, labor economists have documented substantial variation across firms with respect to hiring, firing, and investments in training (Davis and Haltiwanger, ; López‐García, Montero, and Moral‐Benito, ). Our aim here is to better understand the role of strategic orientation in explaining this heterogeneity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%