of technology in mergers and acquisitions(M&As) at the firm level. Based on a newly created data set that combines … to investigate technology-related motivations behind merger formation... …

“Production” and “transfer” of knowledge, and the role of institutions, are two major conceptual tenets of Innovation …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms …

innovation activities of firms in the German automobile supplyindustry are investigated. …

In this paper we analyse the decision of firms in the Canadian manufacturing sectorto co-operate on innovation projects …. Our focus is on the motives behind this decisionand the firm characteristics, both general and with respect to innovation … activities,which influence the motives for innovation co-operation. Using data from theCanadian Survey of Innovation 2005 we find …

The literature on new goods and social welfare generally assumes thatmanufacturers develop innovations. But innovation … impact of users as a source of innovation on product diversity,innovation, and welfare. We examine the impact of user … innovation oninefficiencies that bias the provision of new goods, and find that most areeither alleviated or non-existent for …