Skill-biased acquisitions? Human capital and target employee mobility in small technology firms
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Keywords
Acquisitions; Target employee mobility; High-tech sectors; Knowledge workers; Technological capabilities; Managerial capabilities;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2021-11-01 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CSE-2021-11-01 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-EUR-2021-11-01 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-INO-2021-11-01 (Innovation)
- NEP-KNM-2021-11-01 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-LAB-2021-11-01 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SBM-2021-11-01 (Small Business Management)
- NEP-TID-2021-11-01 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
- NEP-URE-2021-11-01 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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