value of patents and their potential to block competitors in technology markets. Our empirical results for European firm … firms with valuable patents. However, patents with a potential to block technology competitors seem to be only of interest …

acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …

acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand …-based view of the firm, we analyze the importance of these two faces of technology acquisition for the valuation of a target firm … blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results have implications for …

to detect the impact of technology and market relatedness on the choice of the merging partner. Results from a …

technology competition increases which is in line with the argument that licensing can mitigate hold-up problems in technology …

During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology …-intensive industries for the economic development and employment. One reason for these contradictory evaluations of technology …-intensive industries can be attributed to different conceptual definitions of technology which are briefly discussed. The foundation and …

During the last years more and more discussions came up about the contribution of technology-oriented and technology … various technology-oriented sectors in West-Germany from 1983 until 1993 on the basis of a firm specific data set from the … various technology-intensive industries show high growth rates during the early eighties and after reunification in 1989. On …

consistent with the existence of localization and urbanization effects. The emergence of high technology firms seems to be …