In the past 20 years, large digital platforms have made many acquisitions, mainly young and innovative startups. Few of … this analysis, we use patent citations as a proxy for the innovation effort by the acquirer. Our main result is to show … that acquisition increases the innovation effort of the acquirer but only temporarily. After 1.5 year, there is no longer a …

these multi-sided companies along with each company’s most important market segments. We then track their mergers and …

their innovation efforts post-merger while the outsiders to the merger respond by increasing their effort. A merger tends to … reduce overall innovation. Consumers are always worse off after a merger. Our model calls into question the applicability of … the "inverted-U" relationship between innovation and competition to a merger setting. …

economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so …This paper provides an economic analysis of recent vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. industry for audiovisual … media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine …

potential competitors yet fly under the radar of current merger control due to the features of the digital economy. We … developers reallocate innovation efforts to unaffected apps and that affected markets experience less entry post-acquisition. …

The paper applies economic theories to give an overview of the emerging phenomenon of digital personal assistants (DPAs …

-competitive patent settlements and hold-ups in relation to standard setting processes, in addition to the modern focus on mergers that … potentially lessen incentives for innovation and on abuse of dominance/single firm exclusionary practices in IP-intensive network … importance for economic advancement and prosperity, having a direct bearing on innovation, growth and the diffusion of new …