China’s rapid economic growth is accompanied by low technological level. As a result, China is experiencing a series of high pollution, high energy consumption and massive overproduction. This is an obstacle to the continued development of the econo...
China’s rapid economic growth is accompanied by low technological level. As a result, China is experiencing a series of high pollution, high energy consumption and massive overproduction. This is an obstacle to the continued development of the economy. To address these problems, China has announced an innovation-led development strategy, with technological innovation as a key direction for economic growth. China is gradually becoming a scientific and technological power through the country’s vigorous efforts to encourage scientific and technological innovation. However, there is a big gap between China’s technological level and that of developed countries, which is considered as an obstacle to technological innovation of enterprise.
This study selects the Chinese stock market as an emerging market and empirically analyzes the impact of technological innovation on enterprise value. The results show that R&D investment has no effect on enterprise value in the Chinese market as a whole, but patents have a significant positive (+) effect on enterprise value. From the stock market, the technological innovation of Shenzhen stock market has a positive impact on enterprise value. In Shanghai stock market, R&D investment, as an input of technological innovation, does not directly affect enterprise value, but also has a positive impact on enterprise value. In addition, the analysis results of ownership structure show that the R&D investment of state-owned enterprise has no statistical significance. Among non-state-owned enterprises, R&D investment and patent have a positive impact on enterprise value. The robustness test of this study adopts the time lag of explanatory variables, and the results are consistent with the previous analysis.
The results of this study contributes to our understanding of enterprise value based on technical innovation theory and provide theoretical guidance for management and investors. Finally, it provide some effective measures for Chinese companies to carry out technological innovation activities.