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How Market Reacts on the Metaverse Initiatives? An Event Study

메타버스 투자 추진이 기업 가치에 미치는 영향 분석: 이벤트 연구 방법론

  • Mina Baek (Korea University Business School (KUBS), Korea University) ;
  • Jeongha Kim (Korea University Business School (KUBS), Korea University) ;
  • Dongwon Lee (Korea University Business School (KUBS), Korea University)
  • Received : 2023.08.20
  • Accepted : 2023.09.18
  • Published : 2023.11.30
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Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lots of occasions need to be held in online environment. This is the reason why "Metaverse" gets lots of attention in 2021. A number of companies made announcements on Metaverse, and this situation also boomed stock market. This paper investigates the relationship between Metaverse initiatives and business value of the firm (i.e., stock prices). We examine this relationship by using event study method with Lexis-Nexis News data from 2019 to 2021. The results indicate that Metaverse initiatives significantly impact positive influence on firm's value. In the technological perspective, technical factors affect more positive market returns, including Metaverse enablers (e.g., NFT, VR devices, digital twin) and common infrastructure (e.g., semiconductor, AI, cloud), and especially virtual environment was emphasized. Additionally, in the strategical perspective, radical innovation (e.g., pivoting, acquisition) impact more positive market return rather than incremental innovation (e.g., partnership, investment). Also, firms from non-service industries can achieve benefits from Metaverse initiatives rather than service industry in some degree.

전 세계적으로 유행한 COVID-19로 인해 비대면 행사가 많이 개최되며, 2021년도에 메타버스가 많은 관심을 받게 되었다. 많은 회사들이 메타버스에 대한 투자를 발표하고 주식 시장에도 큰 변화를 일으킴으로써 메타버스의 가치에 대한 연구의 중요성이 커지고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 사회 현상을 기반으로 메타버스 투자 계획과 주가 사이의 관계를 분석한다. 2019년부터 2021년까지 수집된 Lexis-Nexis 뉴스 데이터를 토대로 이벤트 연구방법론(event study method)을 사용하여 이러한 관계를 실증적으로 검토하였으며, 세부적인 요인들을 설정하여 선형회귀분석을 실시하였다. 결과적으로, 메타버스 관련 계획은 기업 가치에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 결과를 확인할 수 있었다. 기술적인 측면에서는 메타버스 가능 기술(예: NFT, VR 기기, 디지털 트윈)과 공통 기술(예: 반도체, 인공지능, 클라우드) 두 변수 모두 시장 수익률에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 특히 가상 환경의 중요성이 강조되었다. 또한 전략적 관점에서 급진적 혁신(예: 피보팅, 기업 인수)은 점진적 혁신(예: 파트너십, 기술 투자)보다 시장 수익에 더 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 메타버스 산업은 서비스 산업군에 속하지 않은 회사(예: 전자 장치, 기계 장치)에서 더 긍정적일 수 있다는 결과를 보였다. 학술적으로 메타버스의 혁신적 가치와 중요 요인에 대해 실증적으로 규명하였다는 점에서 연구의 의의가 있다.

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