This study examines the extent to which financing constraints affect the research and development (R&D) expenditure of Indian manufacturing firms during the period 1991–2011. Using dynamic R&D investment model, we find significant positive relationship between a firm's R&D expenditure and...

The coronavirus epidemic has severely affected the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which are more financially constrained compared with large companies. Waking up to this challenge, various countries employed short-run and long-run policies to support SMEs. Using rich firm-level data from...

This study examines the extent to which financing constraints affect the research and development (R&D) expenditure of Indian manufacturing firms during the period 1991–2011. Using dynamic R&D investment model, we find significant positive relationship between a firm's R&D expenditure and...