Studying acquisitions in the US pharmaceutical industry, we first question how the alignment of acquirers’ innovation …-acquisition productivity. We examine two characteristics of productivity – namely whether acquirers’ future innovations are indicative of … acquirer’s inventors’ productivity …

Inventors often experience a low productivity after their company has been subject to a merger or acquisition (M … counteracting innovation declines after M&As. This paper provides empirical evidence into the role of acquiring firms’ absorptive … capacity for the post-merger patent productivity of the acquired inventors. Based on a sample of 544 inventors employed by …

Inventors often experience a low productivity after their company has been subject to a merger or acquisition (M … counteracting innovation declines after M&As. This paper provides empirical evidence into the role of acquiring firms’ absorptive … capacity for the post-merger patent productivity of the acquired inventors. Based on a sample of 544 inventors employed by …