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The Effect of R&D Investment on Firm Value : An Examination of KOSDAQ Listed Firms

연구개발투자가 기업가치에 미치는 영향 분석 : 코스닥(KOSDAQ) 상장기업을 대상으로

  • Shin, Yong-Jae (Department of Business Administration, Soong Eui Women's College)
  • Received : 2011.06.19
  • Accepted : 2011.07.07
  • Published : 2011.07.31
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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between R&D(research & development) investment and market value among KOSDAQ firms in the Korea Stock Exchange. We investigate the effect of R&D investment on firm value in both total sample and sub-samples classified by firm characteristics based on types of firms. And we study the impact of a major economic disruption as the global financial crisis triggered by sub-prime mortgage problem in the US on R&D investment relative to the firm value. We find that R&D investment positively affects firm value and the squared term of R&D investment is found to be significant and negatively correlated with market value. This suggests the presence of nonlinear relationship like a reverse U-shape between R&D investment and market value in total sample and most of sub-samples. And we find firm characteristics and global financial crisis partially affect the contribution of R&D investment to market value in some of sub-samples.

본 연구는 한국거래소의 코스닥증권시장에 상장된 기업들을 대상으로 연구개발투자와 기업가치 간의 관계를 살펴보았다. 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 표본기업 전체를 대상으로 실시한 분석결과, 연구개발투자는 기업가치와 역 U자 형태의 비선형적(nonlinear)인 관계를 지니는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 비선형적인 관계는 연구개발투자가 일정한 범위까지 기업가치에 긍정적으로 기여하지만, 일정 수준을 초과하는 경우 오히려 기업가치에 부정적인 요인으로 작용할 수 있음을 의미한다. 둘째, 제조기업 및 IT기업 여부 등의 기업특성과 글로벌 금융위기 발생 시점을 기준으로 구분한 하위 집단의 분석결과, 대체로 연구개발투자와 기업가치 간에 역 U자 형태의 비선형적인 관계를 지니는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 일부 하위 집단에서 양(+)의 선형적 관계가 발견되었고, 추정계수의 크기 및 통계적 유의성도 다양하게 나타났다. 이는 기업특성과 금융위기 등이 연구개발투자와 기업가치의 관계에 부분적으로 다른 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 의미한다. 이와 같이 본 연구의 결과는 연구개발투자를 결정하는 경영자와 관련 기업의 투자자에게 중요한 정보로 활용될 수 있다는 점에서 시사하는 바가 크다.

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