Add to ORKGThis paper investigates the motive of pre-empting technology competition through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Exploiting the patent application procedure at the European Patent Office we introduce a new measure for the possibility to create entry barriers in technology markets. Our results show significant evidence that firms engage in horizontal M&A to pre-empt competition in technology markets
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) constitute a disruption to the working environment of the inventive ...
Technology acquirers face significant information asymmetry when identifying appropriate acquisition...
Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology a...
This paper investigates the motive of pre-empting technology competition through mergers and acquisi...
This paper shows that firms engage in horizontal mergers and acquisitions to pre-empt competition in...
peer reviewedThis paper shows that firms engage in horizontal mergers and acquisitions to pre-empt c...
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and ...
Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of merger activities. This pap...
Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased sharply both in ter...
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and ...
In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape ...
In the last decade, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity steadily enlarged, where global deal...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) constitute a disruption to the working environment of the inventive ...
Technology acquirers face significant information asymmetry when identifying appropriate acquisition...
Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology a...
This paper investigates the motive of pre-empting technology competition through mergers and acquisi...
This paper shows that firms engage in horizontal mergers and acquisitions to pre-empt competition in...
peer reviewedThis paper shows that firms engage in horizontal mergers and acquisitions to pre-empt c...
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and ...
Technological change is often hypothesized as one of the main drivers of merger activities. This pap...
Over the last few years, worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased sharply both in ter...
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and ...
In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape ...
In the last decade, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity steadily enlarged, where global deal...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) constitute a disruption to the working environment of the inventive ...
Technology acquirers face significant information asymmetry when identifying appropriate acquisition...
Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology a...