examines the innovation determinants of M&A activity and the consequences of M&A transactions on the technological potential … and the innovation performance. We examine the telecommunications equipment industry over the period 1988-2002 using a … newly constructed data set with firm-level data describing M&A and innovation activity as well as financial characteristics …

technology affects the efficiency and productivity in innovation of technology acquiring firms. Using the stochastic frontier … analysis combined with a difference-in-difference matching approach and firm-level panel from the German Innovation Survey for … external R&D in innovation production, which is attributed by increasing returns to R&D scale and increasing technical …