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The impact of Research and Development Investment of the value of US Technology

Companies.

Data Collection:

Time frame: 01/01/2005 – 31/12/2019 – 15 Years

Market Value: $100+ Million

Sector: US Technology (Software, hardware, internet retails ..etc)

Operating listed since 2005 and operating more than 20 years.

Sample: 152 Companies

Observations: 152 * 15 = 2280

Number of omitted companies: 60 Companies (missing information especially R&D)

Data Source: Bloomberg Terminal

Software: E-views

Screen Shoot of the collected Data


Methodology

1. Variable Definitions

Type Variables Definition


Dependent Market Price Stock price multiplied by number of outstanding shares
Dependent Tobin's Q Market value plus Total liabilities divided by Replacement cost of company’ assets
Independent R&D Intensity R&D expenditure divided by revenue
Control R&D² intensity R&D intensity squared
Control Size logarithm of revenue
Control Leverage Total debt divided by total assets
Control Growth Current revenue minus last year revenue divided by last year revenue
Control Age Number of ears since establishing the company
Control Profitability Net income divided by revenue

2. Descriptive Statistics

Variable Mean Std Dev Min Max Observation


Market Value
Tobin's
R&D
R&D Intensity
Size Revenue
Growth (Revenue YOY)
Profit Margin
Total Debt to Total Assets
3. Correlation Matrix – Market Value

Market R&D Profit


Variable Value R&D Int. Size Growth Margin Leverage
Market Value 1
R&D 1
R&D Intensity 1
Size Revenue 1
Growth (Revenue YOY) 1
Profit Margin 1
Total Debt to Total
Assets 1

4. Correlation Matrix – Tobin’s Q

R&D Profit
Variable Tobin's Q R&D Int. Size Growth Margin Leverage
Tobin's 1
R&D 1
R&D Intensity 1
Size Revenue 1
Growth (Revenue YOY) 1
Profit Margin 1
Total Debt to Total Assets 1

5. Impact of R&D spending on Market Value


Company value (Market Value): f (R&D intensity, R&D intensity squared, size,
leverage, age, growth, profitability)

Market Value =  + ¹ R&D¹+ R&D²+ ² Size + ³ Leverage +  Age + 


Growth +  Profitability + 

Variable OLS Q25 Q50 Q75 Q 100


R&D
R&D Intensity
Size Revenue
Growth (Revenue YOY)
Age
Profit Margin
Total Debt to Total Assets

6. Impact of R&D spending on Tobin’s Q

Company value (Tobin’s Q): f (R&D intensity, R&D intensity squared, size, leverage,
age, growth, profitability)

Tobin’s Q =  + ¹ R&D¹+ R&D²+ ² Size + ³ Leverage +  Age + 


Growth +  Profitability + 

Variable OLS Q25 Q50 Q75 Q 100


R&D
R&D Intensity
Size Revenue
Growth (Revenue YOY)
Age
Profit Margin
Total Debt to Total Assets

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