technology and sales as mediated by innovation activities. However, the index is insignificant for the second mediator, export … longevity. However, in the final model, both the level of innovation and export longevity positively and substantially affect …

share of sales from product innovations is not significantly affected by a foreign takeover for a given amount of innovation … effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on innovation activities in target firms. The empirical analysis is based on … selection bias, it is found that foreign takeovers have a large negative impact on the propensity to perform innovation …