Technological overlap, technological capabilities, and resource recombination in technological acquisitions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-67

  Sears, Joshua ^a   Hoetker, Glenn ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisitions; capabilities; innovation; resource recombination; technological overlap

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; CAPABILITIES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; RESOURCE RECOMBINATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL OVERLAP;

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84889663218     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2083     Document Type: Article

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