This paper examines the employment effects of acquisitions for acquired European firms taking non-random selection of acquisition targets explicitly into account. Following the empirical firm growth literature and theories put forward in the mergers and acquisition (M&A) literature we control for convergence dynamics in firm size and distinguish between different types of acquisitions. Empirica...

This paper investigates the mergers and acquisitions by the emerging country multinational companies. Emerging country multinational companies do not have access to big amounts of capital as many developed country multinational companies. These companies can decide to engage in mergers and acquisitions with those of the other emerging country multinational companies in order to increase their p...

Acquisition research has traditionally been dominated by economic and atomistic assumptions. This study extends acquisition research by integrating behavioral learning and social network perspectives to examine the acquisitions of alliance partners. Specifically, we examine, at the dyadic level, how firms’ alliance learning approaches (exploration versus exploitation) and their joint and relati...

Innovation activities in high technology industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, the option to use acquisitions as a means for technology sourcing matters. The paper investigates the determinants and dynamics of this for software-based high technology industries. It analyses the association of acquirer characteristics with different me...

This paper considers the effect of acquisition FDI on the knowledge production function. We distinguish between acquisitions by MNEs from technologically leading countries and those behind the technological frontier. We show that both acquire similarly R&D intensive domestic firms, but there are important differences post-acquisition. Acquisitions from technologically intensive countries reduce...

In the changing economic scenario, mergers and acquisitions are likely to emerge as an important strategy In the Indian corporate sector. Understanding the process of merger/acquisition therefore becomes important to ensure success of the strategy. This paper highlights the. managerial tasks involved for achieving higher levels of integration, which help In realising the unique managerial chall...

This paper seeks to identify the causal effect of foreign acquisitions on wages of skilled and unskilled workers, using difference-in-differences propensity score matching estimators. Our results suggest that there is substantial heterogeneity in the post-acquisition wage effect depending on the nationality of the foreign acquirer and the skill group of workers. We find sizable post acquisition...

Background Cardiac MR (CMR) has emerged as the gold standard for assessing right-ventricular (RV) size and function with cine acquisitions. However, dyspnea often accompanies RV dysfunction, limiting patient ability to breathhold and consequently image quality at CMR. The application of a novel iterative reconstruction technique to segmented CMR cine acquisitions may enable higher acceleration ...

The DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) has completed several significant changes in 2001. Several major acquisitions have now been concluded that will further improve the ability of the HPCMP to serve its DoD science and technology and test and evaluation user base. The results of these acquisitions are major additions of HPC hardware, software, and networking capabili...

Acquirer cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) have been investigated intensively for more than three decades. CARs measure shareholders’ wealth changes conditional upon a deal announcement. The unconditional acquirer shareholders’ expected profit is, however, the product of the acquirer’s CAR and the probability of making the acquisition. This probability element has been mostly overlooked in the...