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This paper investigates the effects of going public on innovation. Using a data set consisting of innovative firms that … filed for an initial public offering (IPO), I compare the long-run innovation of firms that completed their filing and went …-building period as a source of exogenous variation that affects IPO completion but is unlikely to affect long-run innovation. Using …
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This paper investigates the effects of going public on innovation by comparing the innovative activity of firms that … innovation declines following the IPO and firms experience both an exodus of skilled inventors and a decline in productivity of … going public changes firms' strategies in pursuing innovation …
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We examine the relation between venture capital (VC) investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world. We find evidence of a strong positive association between VC investments and lagged M&A activity, consistent with the hypothesis that an active M&A market provides...
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We examine the relation between venture capital (VC) investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world. We find evidence of a strong positive association between VC investments and lagged M&A activity, consistent with the hypothesis that an active M&A market provides...
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Using data on anti-takeover provisions (ATPs) and top management characteristics hand-collected from IPO prospectuses, we analyze the effect of the pre-IPO innovativeness and the top management quality of private firms on the number and strength of ATPs in IPO firm charters. We test the...
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The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with macroeconomic and credit conditions, across private equity groups, and by type of buyout. We reach this conclusion by examining the most extensive database of U.S. buyouts ever...
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