Dating before marriage? Analyzing the influence of pre-acquisition experience and target familiarity on acquisition success in the "M&A as R&D" type of acquisition

Andreas Al-Laham, Lars Schweizer and Terry L. Amburgey

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2010, vol. 26, issue 1, 25-37

Abstract: Summary This study analyzes the "M&A as R&D" type of acquisition addressing the question whether acquisition experience and target familiarity influence the post-acquisition integration success in terms of innovation. We measure the influence of general acquisition experience of the acquirer, pre-acquisition alliance experience with the target, and sector familiarity of the target on the post-acquisition patent rate of the acquirer. The results of our event history analysis of the complete U.S. biotech population for 1973-2000 indicate that general acquisition experience and target familiarity increase the post-acquisition patenting speed.

Keywords: Mergers; and; acquisitions; (M&A); Alliance; experience; R&D; Knowledge; Biotechnology; Patents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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