Purpose

This study aims to investigate three organizational-level factors (geographical proximity, technological similarity and organizational identity integration) that influence the likelihood of post-mergers and acquisition (M&A) joint knowledge creation between inventors from the target and acquiring firms.

Design/methodology/approach

Analyzing post-M&A joint patent filing activities from 136 M&A deals in high-tech industries, the authors conduct a zero-inflated negative binomial regression analysis to estimate the likelihood of joint knowledge creation.

Findings

The results indicate that close geographical proximity and technological similarity are positively associated, whereas the integration of organizational identity is negatively associated with post-M&A joint knowledge creation.

Practical implications

Managers searching for an ideal acquisition target firm for joint production of new technologies or products should consider factors such as location, prior knowledge base and post-acquisition integration strategies.

Originality/value

The proposed model is a comprehensive framework that considers physical, cognitive and identity dimensions as antecedents of post-M&A joint knowledge creation. This study analyzes joint patenting activities to measure post-M&A joint knowledge creation between target and acquiring firm inventors.

中文翻译：

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收购后联合知识创造的推动者：来自高科技并购中联合专利的证据

目的

本研究旨在调查三个组织层面的因素（地理接近度、技术相似性和组织身份整合），这些因素会影响目标公司和收购公司的发明人在并购后（M&A）共同创造知识的可能性。

设计/方法/方法

作者分析了高科技行业 136 宗并​​购交易的并购后联合专利申请活动，进行了零膨胀负二项式回归分析，以估计联合创造知识的可能性。

发现

结果表明，紧密的地理接近和技术相似性正相关，而组织身份的整合与并购后的联合知识创造负相关。

实际影响

寻找理想的收购目标公司以联合生产新技术或产品的管理人员应考虑诸如位置、先验知识库和收购后整合策略等因素。

原创性/价值

所提出的模型是一个综合框架，将物理、认知和身份维度视为并购后联合知识创造的前提。本研究分析了联合专利活动，以衡量目标公司和收购公司发明人之间的并购后联合知识创造。