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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"technological acquisitions"”.
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Internal Capital, External Knowledge, and Random Draws: Three Drivers of Organizational Structure
… Both types access technology via mergers and acquisitions, but their acquisitions differ in terms of frequency, size, and i\ntegration. Consistent with our framework, their sources of value creation differ: while centralized firms derive more value from internal R&D, decentralized firms rely …
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ESSAYS ON CORPORATE INNOVATION
… affects firms’ decisions on mergers and acquisitions and cost stickiness, as well as how gender disparity affects innovation outcomes by female inventors.The first chapter (with Connie X. Mao, Xuan Tian, Chi Zhang) studies the effects of information frictions on acquisition activities by …
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Technological overlap and the performance implications for the acquisition of small technology firms
… focuses on the performance implications of acquisitions in high technology industries. I use this setting to understand what factors affect a firm’s ability to successfully acquire external technology to enhance its innovative productivity, decrease the time elapsed until the initial …