Do high technology acquirers become more innovative?

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1105-1121

  Desyllas, Panos ^a   Hughes, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Innovation; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

CORE RIGIDITIES; ENDOGENEITY; FINANCIAL CAPACITY; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; INTENSITY CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY GAIN; PROPENSITY SCORE; SPECIFIC EFFECTS;

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 77955414963     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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