Does Technology Matter When Selecting a Target Firm in an M&A? Some Evidence on a European M&A Sample
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Keywords
innovation; M&A; R&D expenses; patent portfolio; synergies; technological overlap;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
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