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Measuring the impact of innovation on firm value: a new approach

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  • Kraft, Kornelius
  • Czarnitzki, Dirk

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Most of the existing empirical literature on the relationship of firm value and knowledge capital is based on the stock market valuation of companies. However, the assets of many firms are not publicly traded, and hence the calculation of market value is limited to a subsample of firms. We suggest to use a credit rating score instead and present an empirical analysis. It turns out that innovative firms, i.e. those with a reasonable knowledge stock, have a better credit rating and thus, as we propose, a higher value. However, too much of innovative activi-ties is seen as risky and the firm value decreases.

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  • Kraft, Kornelius & Czarnitzki, Dirk, 2002. "Measuring the impact of innovation on firm value: a new approach," ZEW Discussion Papers 02-73, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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    Keywords

    Firm Value; Credit Rating; Innovation; Intellectual Property Discrete Regression Models;
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    JEL classification:

    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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