China's admission into the WTO in 2001 heralded a new era of globalization, increasing both import competition in … domestic markets and foreign opportunities for US firms. In the aggregate, the average annual profitability of US public firms …

We examine how public firms listed in North American stock exchanges acquire technology companies during 2010 … categories and business verticals, we show that 13.1% of public firms engage in any tech M&A in the S&P data, while only 6.75% of … public firms make any (tech or non-tech) M&A in Refinitiv. In both datasets, the acquisitions are widespread across sectors …

private value of brands to firms and aggregate intangible brand capital stocks created by these investments. These investments … private benefits to firms from their advertising and the established academic wisdom for the striking magnitude of marketing …