investment. However, only a limited share of foreign subsidiaries with R&D and/or innovation activity source technological … knowledge from the East German innovation system. If a subsidiary follows a competence augmenting strategy or does local trade … partially linked with the regional innovation system. Policy implications are discussed …

investment. However, only a limited share of foreign subsidiaries with R&D and/or innovation activity source technological … knowledge from the East German innovation system. If a subsidiary follows a competence augmenting strategy or does local trade … partially linked with the regional innovation system. Policy implications are discussed. -- East Germany ; Regional 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 … activities and a negative impact on average R&D expenditures in innovative firms. Furthermore, innovation output, measured as the …