Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101326 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
DICE Discussion Paper No. 158
Publisher: 
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the innovation of European firms. The results indicate a considerable increase in post-acquisition innovation in the merged entity. This is mainly driven by inventors based in the acquirer's country, while innovation in the target's country tends to decline. The asymmetry of effects between acquiring and target firms increases with pre-acquisition differences in knowledge stocks, indicating a relocation of innovative activities towards more efficient usage within multinational firms. Instrumental variable techniques as well as a propensity-score matching approach indicate that the effect of cross-border M&As on innovation is causal.
Subjects: 
Multinational Enterprises
Mergers and Acquisitions
Innovation
JEL: 
F23
D22
G34
O31
ISBN: 
978-3-86304-157-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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