Effects of foreign acquisitions on R&D activity: Evidence from firm-level data for France

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1031

  Bertrand, Olivier ^a,b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Innovation; M A; R D; Takeover

Indexed keywords

BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCHES; EFFICIENCY GAINS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FOREIGN ACQUISITIONS; FOREIGN COMPANIES; HOST COUNTRIES; INNOVATIVE CAPABILITIES; INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING; INTERNAL RESOURCES; KNOW HOWS; MARKET POWER; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; PARENT COMPANIES; PROPENSITY SCORES; PUBLIC LABORATORIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TAKEOVER; TECHNOLOGY SOURCING;

INNOVATION; TARGETS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 67349160178     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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