To explore or to exploit? An empirical investigation of acquisitions by large incumbents

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1217-1225

  Wagner, Marcus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Exploitative; Exploratory; Innovation; Nontechnological; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EXPLOITATIVE; EXPLORATORY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; NONTECHNOLOGICAL; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 80053957477     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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