This papers analyses how horizontal mergers affect innovation activities of the merged entity and its non … predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in an innovation intensive industry. For a high degree of firm … heterogeneity, a merger reduces innovation of both the merged entity and non-merging competitors in an industry with high R …

This papers analyses how horizontal mergers affect innovation activities of the merged entity and its non … predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in an innovation intensive industry. For a high degree of firm … heterogeneity, a merger reduces innovation of both the merged entity and non-merging competitors in an industry with high R …

We set up a stylized oligopoly model of uncertain product innovation to analyze the effects of a merger on innovation …" channel and the internalization of the "innovation externality". We solve the model numerically and find that price … coordination between the two products of the merged firm tends to stimulate innovation, while internalization of the innovation …

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process … resources, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation …

This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R …, home market competition and innovationrelated location advantages for an SME's decision to engage in innovation activities …

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of … driving forces are used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and …

This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities …’s competitive environment and the influence of innovation obstacles in the home country. In particular, the role of the potential … used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …

distributed globally. Firms' innovation activities which are carried out abroad comprise either the localization of uniform … paper is to show how internal firm capabilities as well as external forces from the firm’s business and national innovation … environment impact on the firm's decision to carry out different innovation activities abroad. The analysis is based on around …