It is widely agreed that corporate financial reports provide deficient information about intangible assets. However, investors are exposed to substantial information beyond financial reports, such as managers' direct communications to capital markets and analysts' reports. We ask: To what extent...

It is widely agreed that corporate financial reports provide deficient information about intangible assets. However, investors are exposed to substantial information beyond financial reports, such as managers' direct communications to capital markets and analysts' reports. We ask: To what extent...

The study examines the value-relevance of reported financial information of fast-changing science-based companies and the incremental value-relevance of publicly available nonfinancial information. Based on a sample of independent cellular phone companies we find that on a stand-alone basis...