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Intellectual capital and performance of listed companies: empirical evidence from Italy

Domenico Celenza, +1 more
- 07 Aug 2014 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 1, pp 22-35
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In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between corporate performance and Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAICTM) on the one hand, and relationship between variations in market value and the variations in VAIC on the other hand.
Abstract
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate performance and Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAICTM) on the one hand, and the relationship between the variations in market value and the variations in VAIC on the other hand. Design/methodology/approach – Starting from the VAIC model, 23 Italian listed companies were examined with the aim of investigating the relationship between VAIC and the performance of the firms in the sample. The analysis was divided into two stages. In the first stage, eight models of linear regression were estimated to verify the presence of a positive and statistically significant relationship between M/BV and VAIC and between accounting performance indicators (ROE, ROI, ROS) and the VAIC. In the second stage, six other models were tested, considering as an independent variable the variations in VAIC and the variations in profitability indicators. Findings – The outcomes of the application stress the importance of VAIC in the explanatio...

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