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 …

Both mergers and innovation are central elements of a firm’s competitive strategy. However, model-theoretical analysis … 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 …

outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Finally, the results on labor productivity are at …

generally outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Third, despite the fact that domestic … multinationals are considerably more involved in national innovation systems than other firms, they are not producing more innovation …

-owned companies in R&D-activities; the relative embeddedness in various national innovation systems and the relative output … performance from R&D and innovation. A comparison is made between the innovation and productivity of foreign owned enterprises, of … Sweden, and based on the international harmonized Community Innovation Survey and uniform econometric approaches; the study …