Do Credit Constrained Firms in Africa Innovate Less? A Study Based on Nine African Nations
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Keywords
Contextual Credit constraints; Innovation; Small and Medium-sized Enterprises; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-11-01 (Africa)
- NEP-ENT-2014-11-01 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-INO-2014-11-01 (Innovation)
- NEP-SBM-2014-11-01 (Small Business Management)
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