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Title How Does Corporate Innovation Affect Sustainable Business Investment?
ID_Doc 65583
Authors Kim, J; Lee, H
Title How Does Corporate Innovation Affect Sustainable Business Investment?
Year 2023
Published Sustainability, 15.0, 18
DOI 10.3390/su151813367
Abstract This study examines the impact of corporate innovation on sustainable business investments of companies listed on the Korea exchange from 2011 to 2019. To this end, our study applies Hennessy's investment model, which presents the relationship between corporate investment and Tobin's mean Q in a probabilistic space. We find evidence of a positive relationship between corporate investment and Tobin's average Q. Greater corporate growth opportunities lead to greater business investments, whereas the expected recovery ratio of debt capital has a negative relationship with corporate investments. The innovation performance variable is positively associated with the investments. Our results are suggestive of business investments being determined by investment outcomes, rather than the financial resource inputs for corporate innovation. Our study holds significance not only in the academic dimension, but also in policymaking. Since corporate growth is the outcome of corporate investments, the government may establish and implement economic policies that induce such investments.
Author Keywords innovation; investment; Tobin's average Q; innovation performance; R & D activities
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:001074238300001
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/18/13367/pdf?version=1694004149
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