Table 2.

Search equation in Scopus and WOS

DatabaseKeywordSearch equationNo. of articles
SCOPUSInnovation(title-abs-key (“corporate finance” or “governmental financial support” or “finance” or “financing” or “financial performance” or “firm financial performance” or “access to finance” or “external finance” or “financing cost” or “financing gap” or “formal finance” or “financial instruments” or “financial frictions” or “sources of financing” or “external sources of financing” or “financial leverage”) and title-abs-key (“innovation” or “innovation performance” or “innovation financing” or “innovation activity” or “firm innovation” or “innovation expenditure” or “innovation policy” or “sources of innovation expenditure”) and title-abs-key (“sme” or “smes” or “small and medium-sized enterprises” or “smes financing” or “smes finance”)) and title-abs-key (model)151
R&D(title-abs-key (“corporate finance” or ”governmental financial support” or ”finance” or ”financing” or ”financial performance” or ”firm financial performance” or ”access to finance” or ”external finance” or ”financing cost” or ”financing gap” or ”formal finance” or ”financial instruments” or ”financial frictions” or ”sources of financing” or ”external sources of financing” or ”financial leverage”) and title-abs-key (“r&d” or ”r&d subsidies” or ”firm-financed r&d”) and title-abs-key (“sme” or ”smes” or ”small and medium-sized enterprises” or ”smes financing” or ”smes finance”)) and title-abs-key (model)30
WOSInnovation(TS=(“corporate finance” or “governmental financial support” or finance or financing or “financial constraints” or “financial performance” or “firm financial performance” or “access to finance” or “external finance” or “financing cost” or “financing gap” or “formal finance” or “financial instruments” or “financial frictions” or “sources of financing” or “external sources of financing” or “financial leverage”)) and (TS=(innovation or “innovation performance” or “innovation financing” or “innovation activity” or “firm innovation” or “innovation expenditure” or “innovation policy” or “sources of innovation expenditure”))
And (TS=(sme or smes or “small and medium-sized enterprises” or “smes financing” or “smes finance
346
R&D(TS=(“corporate finance” or “governmental financial support” or finance or financing or “financial constraints” or “financial performance” or “firm financial performance” or “access to finance” or “external finance” or “financing cost” or “financing gap” or “formal finance” or “financial instruments” or “financial frictions” or “sources of financing” or “external sources of financing” or “financial leverage”)) and (TS=(“r&d” or ”r&d subsidies” or ”firm-financed r&d”))
And (TS=(sme or smes or “small and medium-sized enterprises” or “smes financing” or “smes finance
63
Total590

Note(s):

Table 2 presents the Boolean operators and field codes used in the search equations within the Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) databases

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