2016
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12204
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Institutional framework, corporate ownership structure, and R&D investment: an international analysis

Abstract: We combine agency theory with the law and finance approach to analyze how the legal protection of investors and the corporate ownership structure affect corporate investment in research and development (R&D). We use information from 956 firms from the five most R&D-intensive industries in 19 developed countries. Our results show that better protection of investors' rights by the institutional environment has a positive influence on corporate R&D. We also find that corporate ownership concentration works as a s… Show more

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“…The ratio of institutions to investors is a direct reflection of the strength of the influence of institutions on investor behavior. Referring to the literature, the ratio of institutional investors’ shareholding is specifically defined as the proportion of institutional investors’ shareholding in the company’s circulating share capital at the end of the year [ 55 , 56 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The ratio of institutions to investors is a direct reflection of the strength of the influence of institutions on investor behavior. Referring to the literature, the ratio of institutional investors’ shareholding is specifically defined as the proportion of institutional investors’ shareholding in the company’s circulating share capital at the end of the year [ 55 , 56 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At present, these investors occupy the position of the top ten shareholders in most listed companies and have a significant influence on corporate strategic decisions [ 54 ]. The influence of institutional investors on enterprise innovation is both a focus of scholars in the early stage [ 55 ] and a controversial topic [ 56 ]. "Short-sightedness theory" holds that institutional investors have a strong motivation to seek short-term returns from stock investments [ 57 ].…”
Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rock characterization based on elastic responses that consider mineralogical composition and pore-filling fluids at the core, well, and field scales have been reported by rich literature on rock physics applied to earth models (Goodway and Pérez 2010, Meléndez and Schmitt 2013, Perez and Mafurt 2014, Nicolás-López and Valdiviezo-Mijangos 2016, Carcione and Avseth, 2015, Sayar and Torres-Verdín 2017, Holt and Westwood, 2016, Nicolás-López et al, 2019, and Nicolás-López et al, 2020. However, most of these reported applications are related to petroelastic models constructed from classical static Gassmann models or dynamic micromechanical models for lithology interpretation and reservoir delineation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, previous studies argue that ownership structures have different characteristics and influences on R&D investment in different cultures and institutional contexts (Lee and O'neill, 2003;Lee, 2005), such as Lee and O'neill (2003) find that ownership concentration have a positive impact on R&D investment in the United States and no significant influence in Japan. Based on the sample of the listed companies in 19 European countries, Lopez Iturriaga and López-Millán (2017) find that ownership concentration have a positive effect on R&D investment in the countries with poor legal protection of investors.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%