Technology Development and Acquisition Strategy

• Main Author: Yoshikawa, Toru
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2290; https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2003.003131
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There are various modes with which research-intensive firms can develop or acquire technologies, including internal R&D, technology licensing, cooperative R&D, minority investments in other firms, and acquisitions of other firms. This paper attempts to present a model that explains the key d...