This paper analyzes the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the innovation of European firms. The results indicate a considerable increase in post-acquisition innovation in the merged entity. This is mainly driven by inventors based in the acquirer's country, while...

This papers analyses how horizontal mergers affect innovation activities of the merged entity and its non-merging competitors. We develop an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to derive empirically testable implications. Our model predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in...

This paper uses a rich panel data set of Indian manufacturing firms to analyze the effects of domestic and international acquisitions on various outcomes at target firm and product level. We apply recent methodological advances in the estimation of production functions together with information...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities of the acquirer. For the empirical analysis a unique firm-level data set is constructed that combines survey data for German firms with a merger and acquisition database. After...

Die vorliegende Studie zur Stellung forschungs- und wissensintensiver Wirtschaftszweige Deutschlands im internationalen Wettbewerb knüpft an Analysen an, die das Niedersächsische Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (NIW) in den vergangenen Jahren mehrfach im Rahmen der Berichterstattung zur...

Die vorliegende Studie steht in der Kontinuität der Hintergrundpapiere, die zunächst das Niedersächsische Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (NIW) (zuletzt Gehrke et al. 2007) und erstmals 2007 das RWI Essen (Döhrn, Engel, Stiebale 2008) für die Berichte zur technologischen...

We use a panel data set of European firms to analyse the effects of domestic and international M&As on target firms' investment, growth and financial constraints. Combining propensity score matching with a difference-in-differences estimator, our results indicate that upon acquisition, target...