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
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 10-066

Klassifikation
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
M&As
absorptive capacity
inventor productivity
Übernahme
Erfindung
Produktivität
Innovationsmanagement
Wissenstransfer
Schätzung
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hussinger, Katrin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2010

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hussinger, Katrin
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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