This article explores whether mergers and acquisitions (M&As) generate differentiated impacts on the acquiring firms' R&D expenditures, patents granted, and product innovations. Considering M&As as a way of foreign expansion, we examine whether the technological effects differ between domestic...

The fields of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in the European Union have been largely based on international cooperation among member countries but also extended to third countries. Geopolitical trends are currently reinforcing the role of technological sovereignty as a key driver of...

This article investigates patterns of collaboration in innovation between foreign firms and local partners in eight Latin American countries and Spain. Using microdata from the harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys dataset (LAIS) and the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC), it...