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2008-09-11Diskussionspapier DOI: 10.18452/4147
Technology sourcing by large incumbents through acquisition of small firms
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Marcus
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-15T23:46:41Z
dc.date.available2017-06-15T23:46:41Z
dc.date.created2008-10-08
dc.date.issued2008-09-11
dc.identifier.issn1860-5664
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/4799
dc.description.abstractInnovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, since these industries have a long history of radical innovations taking place through distinct industry cycles of higher and lower demand, firms frequently consider the option to use acquisitions as a means for technology sourcing. The paper investigates this behaviour for three high technology industries, namely semiconductor manufacturing, biotechnology and electronic design automation which is a specific sub-segment of the semiconductor industry. It analyses the association of firm characteristics with different aspects of acquisition behaviour with a particular focus being put on innovation-related firm characteristics. The paper confirms a substitutive relationship between acquisitions and own research activities as well as between own and acquired firm patenting, but also finds that firm size, financial conditions and geographical origin of the firm matter for acquisition behaviour.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectinnovationeng
dc.subjectR&Deng
dc.subjectquantitative methodseng
dc.subjectAcquisitioneng
dc.subjecthigh technologyeng
dc.subjectresearcheng
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.titleTechnology sourcing by large incumbents through acquisition of small firms
dc.typeworkingPaper
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-10092129
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/4147
local.edoc.pages30
local.edoc.type-nameDiskussionspapier
local.edoc.container-typeseries
local.edoc.container-type-nameSchriftenreihe
local.edoc.container-year2008
dc.identifier.zdb2195055-6
bua.series.nameSonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko
bua.series.issuenumber2008,55

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