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| Title: | | Absorptive capacity and post-acquisition inventor productivity  |
| Authors: | | Hussinger, Katrin |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 10-066 |
| Abstract: | | 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. |
| Subjects: | | M&As absorptive capacity inventor productivity |
| JEL: | | O30 O32 G34 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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