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Pre-empting Technology Competition Through Firm Acquisitions

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Grimpe, Christoph
Hussinger, Katrin

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This paper investigates the motive of pre-empting technology competition through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Exploiting the patent application procedure at the European Patent Office we introduce a new measure for the possibility to create entry barriers in technology markets. Our results show significant evidence that firms engage in horizontal M&A to pre-empt competition in technology markets. --

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Paper provided by ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research in its series ZEW Discussion Papers with number 07-027.

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Keywords: pre-empting technology competition; mergers and acquisitions;

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G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
O34 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Intellectual Property Rights
L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General

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  1. Joel Stiebale & Frank Reize, 2008. "The Impact of FDI on Innovation in Target Firms," Ruhr Economic Papers 0050, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Downloadable!]
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