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Opportunities and threats associated with an investment in shares of innovative companies — evidence from Polish capital market

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  • Tomasz L. Nawrocki

    (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)

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Research background: Since the Internet bubble, which took place at the turn of XX and XXI century, on the global capital markets, including Poland, one may note a growing interest in companies focusing on innovations and innovativeness. The main driver of this interest is the belief that in a longer term innovations and expenditures on research and development will translate into an increase in competitive advantage, financial results, and subsequently also the market value of companies. On the other hand, the attention should also be paid to the fact that innovative activity has also another, darker, side, which is identified with the far-reaching uncertainty about its final effects and the possibility of incurring losses, especially in financial dimension. At the same time, it should be noted that implementation of investment strategy regarding the shares of innovative companies is quite troublesome because of the lack of unified methodology for assessing corporate innovativeness and large information diversity in this area. Purpose of the article: The investment efficiency analysis of investment strategy regarding shares of companies perceived to be innovative with simultaneous focusing on the different cases of situation development in time. Methods: The research was carried out for companies listed on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, taking into consideration various time ranges of investment. The efficiency analysis of this investment strategy was conducted in the risk-return outlay with the use of such measures as: accumulated rate of return, arithmetic average rate of return, standard and semi-standard deviation, as well as coefficients of variation and semi-variation of rate of return and their inverses. Findings & Value added: The obtained results show that in shorter periods of time, inves-tors buy expectations connected with innovative companies and therefore, the efficiency of investment in their shares is relatively high, but in the longer term expectations are revised by companies’ financial results, which in turn often negatively affects the investment efficiency.

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  • Tomasz L. Nawrocki, 2018. "Opportunities and threats associated with an investment in shares of innovative companies — evidence from Polish capital market," Oeconomia Copernicana, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 9(2), pages 225-244, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:pes:ieroec:v:9:y:2018:i:2:p:225-244
    DOI: 10.24136/oc.2018.012
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    1. Liu, Dayong & Lu, Zhao & Wang, Guanying & Meng, Qiaoran, 2024. "A two-dimensional innovation activity factor and stock pricing: Evidence from the Chinese stock market," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 102-114.

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    Keywords

    corporate innovativeness; innovative company; investment strategies; risk-return analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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