widely examined. However, the interplay between the involved firms in a collusive agreement, i.e., the governance dimension … paper empirically reveals that polycentric structures within the cartel governance may contribute to longer duration and … aspects: The entangled governance structures of collusive undertakings as well as the relevance of polycentricity in the firm …

This paper empirically investigates if corporate governance practices affect the resources firms devote to R&D. Two … databases - one on governance ratings and the other on R&D intensity - are merged to obtain a multi-country, multi-sector sample … of 279 European companies involved in R&D activities. The relationship is found to be negative: a higher governance score …