Turning inward in difficulties: R&D human resource slack, technological diversification, and independent innovation

• Huijuan Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, College of Economics & Management, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China

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• Yinfei Zhao,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Economics & Management, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China

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• Yang Li,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

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• Yong Wang

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangyongkt@126.com

  Affiliation School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8333-2005

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