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Exiting the market by mergers and acquisitions. Does the crisis matter?

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  • Riccardo Cappelli
  • Marco Cucculelli

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We explore whether and to what extent the business cycle affects the influence of firms' innovation profile on their market exit decisions through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This study suggests that the nature of innovation behind the M&A exit strategy is very different during crisis or non-crisis economic periods. We tested our hypothesis on a sample of 358 M&A that occurred in Europe before (145) and after (213) the financial crisis of 2008. The results of probit estimates show that: 1) internal R&D and product innovations are major drivers of M&A deals in young industries, whereas process innovations play a crucial role in mature industries; 2) patents are the only key innovation drivers of M&A after the crisis, both in young and mature industries. The mechanism behind these emergent behaviours allows to grasp some important aspects that are still not fully developed in the literature.

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  • Riccardo Cappelli & Marco Cucculelli, 2023. "Exiting the market by mergers and acquisitions. Does the crisis matter?," International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 26(3), pages 275-295.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijecbr:v:26:y:2023:i:3:p:275-295
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