We examine the valuation of synergies and control in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Central and Eastern European … from the Thomson Reuters database. Worldwide the market of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is increasing, reaching in 2016 a …

number of citations to patents. Thus managers who are protected from takeover market perform worse on innovation. However … innovation. Empirical results indicate that an increase in antitakeover provisions is negatively related to number of patents and …, the negative relation between antitakeover provisions and firm innovation holds only for low-tech firms. For high …

regime where widely-held public companies dominate. In the discourse, little has been said about the contribution of merger … British experience suggests that mergers matter with respect to the evolution of systems of ownership and control and that the … manner in which anti-competitive behaviour is regulated influences the extent to which transformative merger activity takes …

exhibit superior quality innovation when they have both intensive R&D investment and strong external governance. These …

This paper studies the interactions between corporate law and VC exits by acquisitions, an increasingly common source …

results show that more active hostile takeover markets stifle managerial efforts in corporate innovation. The findings suggest …Although the role of managers is crucial in shaping firm innovation, it also poses a dilemma. Because innovation is a … complicated and long-term process that requires effort and attention, managers may reduce effort in innovation when faced with …

This study examines the impact of staggered boards, poison pills, and unequal voting rights on corporate innovation … provisions discourage innovation. We find that the effect of staggered boards on R&D investment is more pronounced in old firms …

Previous studies on the effect of corporate governance on firm innovation shows mixed outcomes, while some reveal … innovation with special interest in indigenous oil firms in Nigeria, a Sub-Saharan country. The study adopted a cross sectional …, board commitment and board involvement have positive and statistically significant effects on firm innovation measures of …

The study empirically examined the effect of service system innovation on firm competitiveness in Nigeria, an emerging … system on service system innovation-firm competitiveness nexus was observed. Data were collected using a survey instrument … partial least square-structural equation model (PLS-SEM). Analyses revealed that service system innovation as represented by …