This thesis studies whether higher research and development (R&D) and capital expenditures (CAPEX) led to higher stock market valuation for STOXX 600 companies and a sample of Finnish companies during 1993-2004 and what were the possible mechanisms that could have caused an increase in the valuation. Firstly, the abnormal stock returns of investment strategies based on R&D expenditures and on CAPEX are studied by buy-and-hold portfolio analysis and the Fama-French procedure. Secondly, the operational performance of companies with different investment behavior is studied. It is documented that R&D expenditures account for a growing portion of corporate investments. It is shown that STOXX 600 companies with high R&D expenditures are able...
This dissertation examines investor reactions to corporate press and stock exchange releases on merg...
This thesis studies how the amount of research and development (R&D) spending effects a company’s gr...
The main purpose of this research is to examine the dynamics of risk and financial leverage in the F...
The objective of the thesis is to examine whether there exists a statistically significant cross-sec...
Efficient capital markets are essential for market-based economies and their growth. Economic growth...
The Finnish venture capital (VC) market and startup ecosystem are booming. 2019 was a record year in...
The purpose of this Master's thesis is to study the impact of asset rating on the profitability of i...
Value and growth investing are two of the most famous and widely known investment strategies. They a...
Abstract This dissertation contributes to the research on behavioral biases among individual invest...
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The purpose of the thesis is to study a value investing method (i.e. Magic F...
The aim of the research was to investigate the impact of capital structure on investments within Fin...
A fundamental change in the startup ecosystem during the last decade has shifted the attention of in...
We empirically examine how Finnish publicly listed companies rebalance their capital structures and ...
The purpose of the thesis is to study the performance of P/B (P/E) based relative value and growth s...
I study the R&D return predictability using a large sample of all firms listed on NYSE, Nasdaq & AME...
This dissertation examines investor reactions to corporate press and stock exchange releases on merg...
This thesis studies how the amount of research and development (R&D) spending effects a company’s gr...
The main purpose of this research is to examine the dynamics of risk and financial leverage in the F...
The objective of the thesis is to examine whether there exists a statistically significant cross-sec...
Efficient capital markets are essential for market-based economies and their growth. Economic growth...
The Finnish venture capital (VC) market and startup ecosystem are booming. 2019 was a record year in...
The purpose of this Master's thesis is to study the impact of asset rating on the profitability of i...
Value and growth investing are two of the most famous and widely known investment strategies. They a...
Abstract This dissertation contributes to the research on behavioral biases among individual invest...
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The purpose of the thesis is to study a value investing method (i.e. Magic F...
The aim of the research was to investigate the impact of capital structure on investments within Fin...
A fundamental change in the startup ecosystem during the last decade has shifted the attention of in...
We empirically examine how Finnish publicly listed companies rebalance their capital structures and ...
The purpose of the thesis is to study the performance of P/B (P/E) based relative value and growth s...
I study the R&D return predictability using a large sample of all firms listed on NYSE, Nasdaq & AME...
This dissertation examines investor reactions to corporate press and stock exchange releases on merg...
This thesis studies how the amount of research and development (R&D) spending effects a company’s gr...
The main purpose of this research is to examine the dynamics of risk and financial leverage in the F...