’ innovation behavior, and the regulating effect of intellectual property protection on the relationship between bank equity … connections and innovation. In general, bank equity connections and intellectual property protection not only significantly … increase innovation input, but also improve innovation performance. However, the efficiency of bank equity connections is …

This paper studies the effect of bank ownership on product innovation by borrowing firms, highlighting the role of the … paper confirms that a firm's access to bank credit is associated with a greater probability of product innovation, even when … state, foreign, and combined foreign-state bank ownership. It uses Enterprise Survey data for more than 22,000 firms in 49 …

This paper studies the effect of bank ownership on product innovation by borrowing firms, highlighting the role of the … paper confirms that a firm's access to bank credit is associated with a greater probability of product innovation, even when … state, foreign, and combined foreign-state bank ownership. It uses Enterprise Survey data for more than 22,000 firms in 49 …

This paper merges industrial enterprise database, patent database, and financial licensing data to show that more bank … branches near a firm promote its innovation. Mechanism analysis suggests that the reason is that more branches around firms …-stock commercial bank branches’ increase is the main driver of the effect above. The effect is more significant in innovative …