conduct a domestic versus cross-border transaction involving patent sales. We find that acquirer bank and fund ownership have … very little association with cross-border M&A transactions involving patent sales. However, risk-averse family owners and … cross-border M&A transaction involving patent sales. This is attributable to the fact that the valuation of intangible …

The literature on patent buyouts has focused on single-economy settings, where buyouts are welfare improving relative … system of global patent protection paired with domestic price subsidies, and only intersovereign transfers can achieve a …

Liberalization ; Mergers & Acquisitions ; Corporate Governance ; Ownership …