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| Author: | Bannert, V. Tschirky, H. |
| Title: | Integration planning for technology intensive acquisitions |
| Journal: | R & D Management
2004 : NOV, VOL. 34:5, p. 481-494 |
| Index terms: | integration mergers technological change technology |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Rapid technology change, growing technological complexity and shortening product life cycles increasingly force companies to source technologies externally. One means of building up competencies and fostering innovation based on external resources such as knowledge is through the acquisition of technology-based companies. This article aims to identify the main causes of failure in internalizing external knowledge during the integration of technology intensive acquisitions, based on eight in-depth case studies on technology intensive acquisitions in multinational technology-based companies. It was derived that a lack of integrative decision-making, of systemic processes and of a holistic change of both companies during the integration hinders successful knowledge sourcing through acquisitions. |
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