The role of technology in M&As : a firm-level comparison of cross-border and domestic deals

Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of mergeractivities. This paper analyzes the role of technology in mergers and acquisitions(M&As) at the firm level. Based on a newly created data set that combines financialinformation and patent data for public limited companies in Europe as well as countrylevel variables, we apply a structural model to investigate technology-related motivations behind merger formation...

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Year of publication:	2006-09-01
Authors:	Frey, Rainer ; Hussinger, Katrin
Institutions:	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim>
Subject:	Technologie \| technology \| Innovation \| Fusion \| consolidation \| Übernahme \| Qualitätsmanagement

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Extent:	534528 bytes 52 p. application/pdf
Series:	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsdforschung Mannheim - Discussion Papers Discussion Paper Series 1 : Economic Studies ; No 45/2006
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	3865582427
Classification:	C25 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; G34 - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance ; O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Europe. General Resources
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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