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   <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Scientific Research and Development. Russian Journal of Project Management</journal-id>
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    <journal-title xml:lang="en">Scientific Research and Development. Russian Journal of Project Management</journal-title>
    <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
     <trans-title>Научные исследования и разработки. Российский журнал управления проектами</trans-title>
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   <issn publication-format="online">2587-6279</issn>
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   <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">104808</article-id>
   <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12737/2587-6279-2025-14-3-17-23</article-id>
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     <subject>РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ И ОТРАСЛЕВАЯ ЭКОНОМИКА</subject>
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     <subject>REGIONAL AND SECTORAL ECONOMY</subject>
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     <subject>РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ И ОТРАСЛЕВАЯ ЭКОНОМИКА</subject>
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    <article-title xml:lang="en">Influence of Equity Financing Strategies on Corporate Growth in Technological Innovation Enterprises</article-title>
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     <trans-title>Влияние стратегий акционерного финансирования на корпоративный рост в инновационных технологических компаниях</trans-title>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Цю</surname>
       <given-names>Сяньяо </given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Qiu</surname>
       <given-names>Xiangyao </given-names>
      </name>
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      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Львова</surname>
       <given-names>О. А.</given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>L'vova</surname>
       <given-names>O. A.</given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>доктор экономических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>doctor of economic sciences;</p>
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     <institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова</institution>
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    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution>
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   <pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-09-30T12:03:07+03:00">
    <day>30</day>
    <month>09</month>
    <year>2025</year>
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   <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-09-30T12:03:07+03:00">
    <day>30</day>
    <month>09</month>
    <year>2025</year>
   </pub-date>
   <volume>14</volume>
   <issue>3</issue>
   <fpage>17</fpage>
   <lpage>23</lpage>
   <history>
    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-03T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>03</day>
     <month>07</month>
     <year>2025</year>
    </date>
    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-07-23T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>23</day>
     <month>07</month>
     <year>2025</year>
    </date>
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   <self-uri xlink:href="https://zh-szf.ru/en/nauka/article/104808/view">https://zh-szf.ru/en/nauka/article/104808/view</self-uri>
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    <p>Исследование 218 компаний, работавших в шести технологических отраслях в период с 2018 по 2023 г., а также изучение 17 подробных тематических кейсов, позволило авторам выявить механизмы, с помощью которых альтернативные структуры акционерного капитала влияют на различные траектории корпоративного роста. Результаты исследования показывают, что программы поэтапного финансирования, основанные на последовательно принимаемых решениях, способствуют ускорению роста доходов и увеличению числа сотрудников по сравнению с одноэтапными стратегиями. Компании, привлекающие стратегических прямых инвесторов из своей отрасли, добиваются значительного повышения производительности НИОКР по сравнению с компаниями, финансируемыми в основном тактическими портфельными инвесторами. Кластерный анализ позволил выявить четыре модели корпоративного развития — «Быстрое масштабирование и рост», «Фокусирование на инновациях», «Сбалансированное развитие» и «Консервативный рост», каждая из которых отражает уникальные характеристики результативности и динамику размывания акционерного капитала. Помимо обеспечения капиталом, важными факторами, влияющими на эффективность инноваций, скорость расширения рынка и устойчивость конкурентных преимуществ, являются наличие у инвесторов соответствующего отраслевого опыта, архитектура управления и темпы привлечения капитала. Полученные результаты исследования уточняют теорию корпоративных финансов, специфицируя условия и механизмы посредничества, а также предоставляя предпринимателям эмпирически обоснованные рекомендации по адаптации тактики финансирования к их технологической нише, этапу жизненного цикла и стратегическим направлениям развития</p>
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    <p>Through a study of 218 companies, operating in six technology sub-sectors from 2018 to 2023, and through seventeen in-depth case studies, we have disentangled the mechanisms through which alternative equity structures influence diverse growth paths. The findings demonstrate that milestonebased, sequential financing programs accelerate revenue expansion and employee growth compared to single-stage strategies. Companies that attract domain-specialized strategic investors achieve a significant increase in R&amp;D productivity relative to whose funded primarily by financial investors. Cluster analysis reveals four distinct archetypal patterns: Rapid Scalers, Innovation Focusers, Balanced Developers, and Conservative Growers. Each pattern is associated with a unique set of performance characteristics and dilution dynamics. In addition to capital provision, alignment of investor expertise, governance architecture, and capital deployment tempo emerge as significant factors, which influence innovation output, market expansion speed, and the sustainability of competitive advantage. These findings refine corporate finance theory by specifying conditions and mediation mechanisms, providing entrepreneurs with empirically grounded guidance for tailoring financing tactics to their specific technological domain, lifecycle stage, and strategic objectives.</p>
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    <kwd>акционерное финансирование</kwd>
    <kwd>корпоративный рост</kwd>
    <kwd>технологические инновации</kwd>
    <kwd>венчурный капитал</kwd>
    <kwd>стратегические инвестиции</kwd>
    <kwd>стратегия финансирования</kwd>
    <kwd>инновационный потенциал</kwd>
    <kwd>показатели рост</kwd>
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    <kwd>equity financing</kwd>
    <kwd>corporate growth</kwd>
    <kwd>technological innovation</kwd>
    <kwd>venture capital</kwd>
    <kwd>strategic investment</kwd>
    <kwd>financing strategy</kwd>
    <kwd>innovation capacity</kwd>
    <kwd>growth metrics</kwd>
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