DOES FIRM’S HIGHER INNOVATION POTENTIAL LEAD TO ITS SUPERIOR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE? CASE OF CEE COUNTRIES
研究了中欧和东欧地区企业，以无形资产作为创新代理变量，发现无形资产投资超过10%时，企业才能获得更高利润率。
Innovation is one of the most commonly used word in the business and academic world. Naturally the firms are willing to innovate to leverage on future profits and growth generated by the new products and supported by temporary monopolistic positions on the market. However, the question is about how much the companies should invest to record higher profitability. The authors tried to answer this question analyzing the companies within the Central and Eastern European region taking intangible assets as innovation proxy. It was concluded that the companies having higher investments in the intangible assets are able to generate higher margins. However, positive effect of possibly higher innovation potential is seen only if investments in intangibles are substantial, i.e. over 10%.