Acquiring new technologies and capabilities: A grounded model of acquisition implementation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ranft, AL; Lord, MD
• 署名单位: Wake Forest University; Wake Forest University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.4.420.2952
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 420-441
• 关键词: acquisitions; KNOWLEDGE; Technology transfer

摘要

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.