Market Value, R&D and Intellectual Property: An Empirical Analysis of Large Australian Firms

Derek Bosworth and Mark Rogers ()

The Economic Record, 2001, vol. 77, issue 239, pages 323-37

Abstract: This paper considers the value of innovation to large Australian firms. Specifically, we investigate how R&D and intellectual property activity influences the market value of firms, using a Tobin's q approach. R&D data are available for the period 1994-96 and data on patent, trade mark and design applications for 1996. The findings suggest that R&D and patent activity are positively and significantly associated with market value. The results also suggest that private returns to R&D in Australia are low by international standards. Copyright 2001 by The Economic Society of Australia.

Date: 2001
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