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		| Alex  Coad and Rekha  Rao | 
	
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		| ''R&D and firm growth rate variance'' | 
	
		| ( 2010, Vol. 30 No.1 ) | 
	
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		| Investment in R&D is positively associated with the variance of sales growth and, to
a lesser extent, employment growth. The magnitude of this effect has not increased in
recent decades, however. | 
	
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		| Keywords: R&D,  Firm growth,  growth rate variance,  employment growth,  innovation | 
	
		| JEL: L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: General O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Oct 13 2009 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Mar 10 2010 | 
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