The EÚ ect of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Technological Performance of Companies in a High-tech Environment
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A large part of the literature from industrial organization and management expects that, compared with unrelated M&As, related M&As show superior economic performance because of synergetic eÚects that follow from economies of scale and scope. The current contribution takes the debate on the eÚect of diÚerent M&As somewhat further by studying the eÚect of M&As on the technological performance of companies. In this study the technological performance of M&As is related to a hightech sector, i.e. the international computer industry. The main result of this research is that the so-called strategic and organizational t between companies involved in M&As seem to play an important role in improving the technological performance of companies
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The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Technological Performance of Companies in a High-tech Environment
A large part of the literature from industrial organisation and management expects that, compared with unrelated M&As, related M&As show superior economic performance because of synergetic effects that follow from economies of scale and scope. The current contribution takes the debate on the effect of different M&As somewhat further by studying the effect of M&As on the technological performanc...
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