Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation … innovation-related firm characteristics. The paper confirms a substitutive relationship between acquisitions and own research … geographical origin of the firm matter for acquisition behaviour. -- Acquisition ; innovation ; high technology ; quantitative …

increasingly shifts from adaptation to innovation development and knowledge-seeking. In addition, international technological … inländischer Technologie im Ausland. Sie führen häufig auch zur Erzeugung neuen Wissens in ausländischen FuE-Einrichtungen, die …