Merger and acquisitions (M&A) have been a frequently used growth mode in the ICT Industry during the last two decades. They did so for several reasons, such as expanding the scale and scope of their business or acquire new capabilities Microsoft is highly representative of those ICT firms who...

In this paper, we adopt a knowledge perspective to analyse the role of inter-organisational relationships between multinational and local firms in catching-up processes. Relationships between an established foreign incumbent and a latecomer firm in an emerging economy are characterised by a high...