Journal
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 51-67Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2021.11.009
Keywords
Firm innovation; Firm life cycle; Asset liquidity; Idiosyncratic risk; Cash flow risk
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- Jiangsu Modern Finance and Taxation Collaborative Innovation Center [20WTB005]
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This paper empirically evaluates how different firm life cycle stages influence managers while making firms' input and output innovation decisions under asset liquidity constraints, idiosyncratic risk, and cash flow risk. It finds that firms make more investments in input innovation activities during the introduction, growth, and decline stages in the presence of more asset liquidity; in contrast, less investment is made during the mature stage. The study predicts that firms are more likely to invest in input innovation activities during the introduction, growth, and decline stages under more idiosyncratic and cash flow volatilities, however, such investment is less prospective during the mature stage.
This paper empirically evaluates how different firm life cycle stages influence managers while making firms' input and output innovation decisions under asset liquidity constraints, idiosyncratic risk, and cash flow risk. We find that firms make more investments in input innovation activities during the introduction, growth, and decline stages in the presence of more asset liquidity; in contrast, less investment is made during the mature stage. Concerning the output innovation, the introduction and decline (growth and mature) stages show a negative (positive) relationship for more asset liquidity in place. Our findings also predict that firms are more likely to invest in input innovation activities during the introduction, growth, and decline stages under more idiosyncratic and cash flow volatilities; however, such investment is less prospective during the mature stage. Both volatilities support reciprocal linkages for firm output innovation. Aside from moderating effects, the firms' asset liquidity positively affects output innovation opportunities during current and future periods, while idiosyncratic and cash flow volatilities negatively contribute to both firms' input and output innovation. These findings not only assist managers in making firms' innovation decisions but also enhance investors' understanding of making investment decisions through the different firm life cycle stages.
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