Arbeitspapier
Absorptive capacity and post-acquisition inventor productivity
Inventors often experience a low productivity after their company has been subject to a merger or acquisition (M&As). It is of central managerial interest to identify factors facilitating the integration of new inventive staff and thereby counteracting innovation declines after M&As. This paper provides empirical evidence into the role of acquiring firms' absorptive capacity for the post-merger patent productivity of the acquired inventors. Based on a sample of 544 inventors employed by European acquisition targets in the period 2000-2001 it is shown that the post-merger productivity of acquired inventors is significantly higher within acquiring firms with a distinct absorptive capacity. It can be concluded that absorptive capacity is a firm capability that enhances the integration of inventors after firm takeovers.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 10-066
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
- Thema
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M&As
absorptive capacity
inventor productivity
Übernahme
Erfindung
Produktivität
Innovationsmanagement
Wissenstransfer
Schätzung
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Hussinger, Katrin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
- (wo)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hussinger, Katrin
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2010