Many governments are taking measures in support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. This paper presents a theoretical model for evaluating various government measures, including insurance for bank loans, interest rate subsidy,...

We investigate how M&A activities are used to allocate R&D resources within firm boundaries. We find that Chinese listed firms exhibit strong intra-firm R&D reallocation behaviors following M&A activities from 2007 to 2017. Specifically, they shift innovation activities to subsidiary firms. The...