Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each … unfortunate as both processes - the process of innovation and the process of mergers and acquisitions - are intimately connected …. The impact of mergers on innovation can only be rigorously assessed, if the converse direction of influence - mergers …

Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage.Therefore they are fundamental to each … unfortunate as bothprocesses - the process of innovation and the process of mergers and acquisitions - areintimately connected …. The impact of mergers on innovation can only be rigorously assessed, ifthe converse direction of influence - mergers …

subject of this study is an econometric analysis of the effects of innovation on firm performance. The main data source for … this analysis is the Ifo Innovation Survey, which has provided yearly, firm-level data on innovation since 1982. Following … two introductory chapters on innovation, the data set is introduced and explained in detail. Subsequent chapters analyze …

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 …

We consider mergers in an innovation contest between n firms in the presence of synergetic effects. We assume that a …

We study the effect of stronger patent protection on innovation activities of firms and firm-product level markups …