Impact of R&D innovation and political background on corporate growth: A study based on private listed companies in China

• Xiangde Kong ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kevinkong@mail.ecust.edu.cn (XK); mran@shu.edu.cn (RM)

  Affiliation School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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• Hongan Chen,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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• Peng Wu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Business, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Ran Ma ,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kevinkong@mail.ecust.edu.cn (XK); mran@shu.edu.cn (RM)

  Affiliation Civil and Commercial Law School, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan, Shandong, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0330-5005

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• Fei Pan

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Business, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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