How Do Top Acquirers Compare in Technology Mergers? New Evidence from an S&P Taxonomy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2022.102891
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- Ginger Zhe Jin & Mario Leccese & Liad Wagman, 2022. "How Do Top Acquirers Compare in Technology Mergers? New Evidence from an S&P Taxonomy," NBER Working Papers 29642, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Technology; Merger; Acquisition; Antitrust;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
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