Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each … unfortunate as both processes - the process of innovation and the process of mergers and acquisitions - are intimately connected …. The impact of mergers on innovation can only be rigorously assessed, if the converse direction of influence - mergers …

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … resources, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation …

This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R …, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation activities …

, but only for firms that engage in in-licensing and only for product innovation. The relationship between fragmentation and …

higher innovative performance for firms that do not in-license. Furthermore, the effects of fragmentation on innovation also …

analysis rests on the German data from the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). We use a unique data set of about 900 … domestic innovation activities the later wave reports IP infringements. In a second analysis, the likelihood of infringements … from innovation host countries and no innovation host countries abroad is examined. Before the empirical analysis, an …