Erklärungsansätze und Motive der M&A-Aktivität -- Anwendung der ressourcenbasierten Ansätze auf den M&A-Kontext -- Das technologische Motiv der M&A-Aktivität in der Pharmaindustrie -- Implikationen für die Managementpraxis und Forschung.

1. Structural change and the knowledge-based economy : an international overview -- 2. Structural change and the long-run dynamics of economic growth -- 3. The economics of technological knowledge -- 4. Structural change and knowledge structure : an integrated framework -- 5. The implementation...

Christian Grube analyses the value potential of patent protection of knowledge-based competitive advantages. His findings show that complex licensing contracts represent a profitable strategy to exploit the value of patented inventions and that bibliographic patent data can support the valuation...