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 … mergers ; innovation ; research joint venture ; market structure …

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 the potential … used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …

distributed globally. Firms' innovation activities which are carried out abroad comprise either the localization of uniform … paper is to show how internal firm capabilities as well as external forces from the firm’s business and national innovation … environment impact on the firm's decision to carry out different innovation activities abroad. The analysis is based on around …

The question that how market structure and innovation are related has been extensively studied in the literature … the relationship between market structure and innovation in the global automobile industry for the 1980-2005 period. We … industry level. Our findings are the following. (1) The effect of market structure on innovation in the global auto industry …

policy and innovation policy are discussed. …

Big companies and small innovation factories possess different advantages in a patent contest. While large firms …. Furthermore, acquisitions increase the chances for a successful innovation. -- patent contest ; sequential acquisitions …

This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …

learningbydoing and organizational forgetting in R&D on firms’ incentives to innovate. A dynamic step-by-step innovation model with … allows followers to catch up. Contrary to the benchmark case the leader’s innovation effort declines with the lead. This … ; innovation ; knowledge ; market structure …

-by-doing and organizational forgetting in R&D on firms' incentives to innovate. I develop a dynamic step by step innovation model … allows followers to catch up. Contrary to the benchmark case, the leader's innovation effort declines with the lead. This … ; innovation ; knowledge ; market structure …