Learning-by-Being-Acquired: Post-acquisition R&D Team Reorganization and Knowledge Transfer

Massimo Gaetano Colombo, Solon Moreira, Larissa Rabbiosi

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    Abstract

    In horizontal acquisitions, the post-acquisition integration of the R&D function often damages the inventive labor force and results in lower innovative productivity of acquired inventors. In this paper we study post-acquisition integration in terms of R&D team reorganization-i.e., the creation of new teams with both inventors of the acquiring and acquired firms-and assess the impact of this integration action in the period that immediately follows the acquisition. Drawing on social identity and self-categorization theories, we argue that R&D team reorganization increases the acquired inventors’ use of the prior stock of technological knowledge of the acquiring firm after the acquisition. Furthermore, this effect is enhanced if the focal acquired inventor has high relative innovation ability but is weakened for acquired inventors with high ingroup collaborative strength. We construct a sample of 3,625 acquired inventors implementing the coarsened exact matching technique and empirically test our arguments applying a difference-in-differences setup in a longitudinal data setting. We find general support for the hypothesized relationships. This study shows that the social identity perspective helps complementing predictions from the coordination-autonomy perspective.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelProceedings of the Seventy-sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
    RedaktørerJohn Humphreys
    Antal sider6
    UdgivelsesstedBriar Cliff Manor, NY
    ForlagAcademy of Management
    Publikationsdato2016
    Sider1736-1741
    Artikelnummer17359
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2016
    BegivenhedThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2016: Making Organizations Meaningful - Anaheim, USA
    Varighed: 5 aug. 20169 aug. 2016
    Konferencens nummer: 76
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    Konference

    KonferenceThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2016
    Nummer76
    Land/OmrådeUSA
    ByAnaheim
    Periode05/08/201609/08/2016
    Internetadresse
    NavnAcademy of Management Proceedings
    ISSN2151-6561

    Emneord

    • Acquired inventor innovation performance
    • Post-acquisition integration
    • Social identity

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