The effect of MNEs’ technology startup acquisitions on small open economies’ entrepreneurial ecosystems

Shaker A. Zahra () and Niron Hashai ()
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Shaker A. Zahra: University of Minnesota
Niron Hashai: Reichman University

Journal of International Business Policy, 2022, vol. 5, issue 3, No 1, 277-295

Abstract: Abstract The strength and innovativeness of small open economies (SOECs) have long attracted multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) entry. However, in their quest for new knowledge and technological capabilities, MNEs have been active in acquiring the technology-based startups in these countries. While some of these acquisitions are beneficial to the development and growth of SOECs’ entrepreneurial ecosystems, others can have serious long-term negative effects that have not been sufficiently recognized in the literature. We discuss the policy implications of MNEs’ acquisitions of technology-based startups, especially for SOECs’ entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Keywords: international entrepreneurship; MNEs; small open economies; acquisitions; startups; entrepreneurial ecosystem; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1057/s42214-021-00128-3

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