Both mergers and innovation are central elements of a firm's competitive strategy. However, model-theoretical analyses … of the merger-innovation link is sparse. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of mergers on innovative …

the bidding competition for the innovation and by increasing the relative profitability of being the most efficient firm … innovation for sale, relative to innovation for entry. …

Contrary to most of the literature, which focuses only on the level of investment in innovation, this paper examines …

literature, which focuses only on the level of investment in innovation, this model captures both the variety of research …

-level information on mergers, production, and innovation in the dynamic random access memory semiconductor market from 1985 to 2004. Our …

This papers analyses how horizontal mergers affect innovation activities of the merged entity and its non … predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in an innovation intensive industry. For a high degree of firm … heterogeneity, a merger reduces innovation of both the merged entity and non-merging competitors in an industry with high R …

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 …

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of … driving forces are used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and …