Internet access and innovation in developing countries: some empirical evidence

Digital M&A and Firm Innovation

“…Digital M&A not only contributes to building the digital knowledge base of firms but also enables them to continuously acquire digital knowledge. Digital M&A helps firms to build a digital knowledge base quickly and efficiently (Hanelt, Firk, Hildebrandt, & Kolbe, 2021), and produces positive synergy effects on innovation over the firms (Fomba Kamga, Talla Fokam, & Nchofoung, 2022), which enables firms to access all the digital knowledge and technologies of the target firm in a shorter period, consequently driving the potential for recombination and knowledge creation (Ahuja & Katila, 2001;Bos, Faems, & Noseleit, 2017;Dong & Yang, 2019). Digital M&A improves the ability of firms to acquire digital knowledge, digital knowledge is not only a direct source of innovation, but also the dynamic and extended nature of digital technology improves the ability of firms to acquire new digital knowledge, which is conducive to further absorption and utilization of digital knowledge, and this increases the potential of digital innovation (Yoo, Boland Jr, Lyytinen, & Majchrzak, 2012;Ciriello, Richter, & Schwabe, 2018).…”