Patent value and the Tobin’s q ratio in media services

Changes in a firm’s backward-dispersion patent-citation score are a useful, non-financial indicator of patent value that is positively-related to Tobin’s q. V - scores , which analyze content patterns between patents’ technological-class codes and those of their antecedents, provide contemporaneous...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of technology transfer 2018-02, Vol.43 (1), p.1-19
Hauptverfasser: Harrigan, Kathryn Rudie, Di Guardo, Maria Chiara, Marku, Elona
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Changes in a firm’s backward-dispersion patent-citation score are a useful, non-financial indicator of patent value that is positively-related to Tobin’s q. V - scores , which analyze content patterns between patents’ technological-class codes and those of their antecedents, provide contemporaneous information for investors to assess firms’ economic prospects that is more time-sensitive than forward-looking information such as forward citations. V-score analysis offers useful insights about the nature of post-acquisition learning within technologically-tumultuous industries like media-services.
ISSN:0892-9912
0892-9912
1573-7047
DOI:10.1007/s10961-017-9564-1