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- Title
Absorptive capacity and post-acquisition inventor productivity.
- Authors
Hussinger, Katrin
- 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
ABSORPTIVE capacity (Economics); POST-acquisition integration (Mergers); INVENTORS; PRODUCTION (Economic theory); EMPLOYEES; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
- Publication
Journal of Technology Transfer, 2012, Vol 37, Issue 4, p490
- ISSN
0892-9912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10961-010-9199-y