Previous literature provided evidence on financing constraints for investment in R&D activities due to capital market imperfections and special features of R&D investments.Moreover, it has been shown that a shift in capital structure towards more debt, results in a reduction of R&D investments....

At least since Schumpeter published his work "The Theory of Economic Development" (1912), a wide body of literature has focused on the evolutionary process behind firm growth and survival. Recently a growing interest is devoted to the variable "location" as a critical factor, shaping firm...