Loin de constituer un flux régulier, les acquisitions, fusions et entrées d’entreprises nouvelles arrivent souvent par grappe et sont à l’origine des cycles de vie des industries où succède à l’arrivée massive d’entreprises nouvelles une phase de concentration industrielle. Cette...

We investigate the relationship between product innovation and firm survival for a sample of 121 firms in a high-tech industry. We find that location near the technological frontier is an important determinant of firm survival. Firms located near the frontier are also more likely to be acquired...

We investigate whether the form of exit is triggered by the form of entry and technical expertise, an exercise which has been persistently missing in the literature, for a sample of 121 firms in the LAN switch industry. We find that pre-entry experience, technical expertise, and intangible...