Determinants of the acquisition of smaller firms by larger incumbents in high-tech industries: Are they related to innovation and technology sourcing?
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Keywords
acquisition; innovation; semiconductor; design; automation; biotechnology;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
- M20 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2007-12-08 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CSE-2007-12-08 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-INO-2007-12-08 (Innovation)
- NEP-IPR-2007-12-08 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-TID-2007-12-08 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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