Acquiring New Technologies and Capabilities: A Grounded Model of Acquisition Implementation
研究了七家高科技收购案例，构建了收购实施中技术与能力转移的扎根模型，分析了被收购企业的知识资源与收购实施维度对技术获取成功的影响。
In this study, we explore seven in-depth cases of high-technology acquisitions and develop an empirically grounded model of technology and capability transfer during acquisition implementation. We assess how the nature of the acquired firms' knowledge-based resources, as well as multiple dimensions of acquisition implementation, have both independent and interactive effects on the successful appropriation of technologies and capabilities by the acquirer. Our inquiry contributes to the growing body of research examining the transfer of knowledge both between and within organizations. Propositions are developed to help guide further inquiry into the dynamics of acquisition implementation processes in general and, more specifically, the process of acquiring new technologies and capabilities from other firms.