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This paper analyses the employment effects of mergers and acquisitions by using matched establishment-level data from Finland over the period of 1989-2003. The data covers all sectors. We compare the employment effects of cross-border M&As with the effects arising from two different types of...
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This paper explores domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from the regional perspective. The Finnish firm-level evidence reveals that geographical closeness matters a lot for M&As within a single country. Thus, a great number of domestic M&As occur within narrowly defined regions....
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This paper explores domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from the regional perspective. The Finnish firm-level evidence reveals that geographical closeness matters a lot for M&As within a single country. Thus, a great number of domestic M&As occur within narrowly defined regions....
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This study explores domestic inter-regional merger flows. Theoretical considerations based on monitoring are developed. The empirical part of the study is based on the comprehensive public data on domestic mergers and acquisitions that is matched to the micro-level data sources maintained by...
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Bockerman P. and Lehto E. (2006) Geography of domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As): evidence from matched firm-level data, Regional Studies 40, 847-860. This paper explores domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from the regional perspective. The Finnish evidence reveals that geographical...
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We have analysed whether innovations in a firm's possession increase a firm's propensity to buy other firms and, on the other hand, whether this possession attracts other firms so that they buy the firm concerned. Our results suggest that in the heavily investing processing industries high entry...
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This study considers situations in which specialized innovators and incumbent manufacturers trade on innovations. Manufacturers also invest in their own R&D, and only if they are unsuccessful do they go to the outside market for innovations. We then consider the impacts of public R&D support and...
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We estimate a multilogit model for the probabilities that a firm will acquire or become a target in different M&A categories, which are defined according to the location of an acquiring firm with respect to a target. We find that certain firm characteristics of an acquiring firm regarded as...
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