The association between technological conditions and the market value of equity

Accounting Review

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 479-518

  Matolcsy, Zoltan P ^a   Wyatt, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earnings; Market value of equity; Technological innovation conditions; Technology complexity; Technology development period; Technology success rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949128370     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2008.83.2.479     Document Type: Article

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