Do Institutional Investors Influence R&D Investment Policy in Firms with High Information Asymmetry?
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عنوان ژورنال: International Business Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1913-9012,1913-9004
DOI: 10.5539/ibr.v7n10p22