Corporate innovation is an important economic outcome of
corporates
• Capital structure is a decision made by finance managers
• Firms can choose to go on IPO or issue corporate bonds, thus
affecting their capital structure (or leverage ratio)
• Raise one clear question among the many research directions
that link corporate innovation with capital structure
decisions,
e.g.,
• Does going on IPO (or issue corporate bonds) enhances innovation outcomes of firms?
• Do innovative firms prefer debt-financing or equity financing?
Requirements
• Structure
• Cover page: Title, your name and student ID, abstract (100 to
200 words), key words (4)
• Introduction: explain what your research question is
• Main content: your propositions and proofs (can be based on
academic literature or from business cases )
• Conclusion: how the findings support or oppose your
propositions, and what are the limitations so far
