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How extended payment terms hurt innovation
20
Aug
Change, Control, Doingfirms, innovation, payment, payment terms, power, reduce, terms, trade credit

How extended payment terms hurt innovation

An interesting piece of research on how extended payment terms affect suppliers. The authors find that small firms forced to accept extended payment terms reduce their capex and are less…

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