The Valuation of Intellectual Capital

64 Pages Posted: 27 May 2003

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Oliver P. Pfeil

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management; Universität St. Gallen

Date Written: March 10, 2003

Abstract

This paper studies the value relevance of Intellectual Capital by comparing a set of different valuation models. The empirical analysis covers 300 large European companies from 1990 to 2001. Drawing on the Ohlson (1995) and Feltham-Ohlson (1995) model, I define and test the value relevance of an Intellectual Capital earnings measure, providing evidence for the superior explanatory power of this metric compared to other income measures. I also find evidence for the superior explanatory power of a valuation function, based on IC earnings and operating earnings.

Keywords: Valuation, Intellectual Capital, Residual Income, Resource-based view

JEL Classification: M4, G3

Suggested Citation

Pfeil, Oliver P., The Valuation of Intellectual Capital (March 10, 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=388100 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.388100

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