upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …

. Labor productivity rises 8% at targets over two years post buyout (again, relative to controls), with large gains for both … public-to-private and private-to-private buyouts. Target productivity gains are larger yet for deals executed amidst tight … sharply curtails productivity gains in public-to-private and divisional buy-outs. Average earnings per worker fall by 1.7% at …

of positive effects emerge. With respect to takeovers of German companies by foreign investors, the productivity and … international, we find positive productivity and sales effects for relatively small companies investing abroad, and this …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how knowledge flow and productivity affect the absorptive … absorptive capacity, knowledge flow and productivity constructs. The sample comprised individuals who were employees of firms …. Secondly, we found a positive correlation between a target firm's knowledge flow and productivity and its absorptive capacity …

and target companies had business links beforehand, the productivity gain is twice as large. Acquisitions made during …