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The internal attributes of technology as determinants of economic valuation of technology

This study empirically determined the degree of influence that certain internal attributes of technology exercise on discounted cash flow (DCF)-based economic valuation of technologies, based on 956 cases of technology valuation that were performed in Korea during 2005-2009. We found each of three DCF determinants, i.e., the estimated life span, discount rate, and technology contribution ratio, differed significantly per ANOVA tests and Kruskal-Wallis tests, depending upon each of such technology attributes as: the purpose of valuation, the technology's stage of commercialisation, the type of intellectual property, the field of technology, and the industry area of the technology's application. We then performed categorical regression to measure the relative strength of influence being exercised by individual technology attributes in determining technology value, and we found that the purpose of valuation, and the technology's stage of commercialisation, and the industry area of application, in a descending order, were most influential on the valuation professional's ultimate assignment of the economic values of technologies.