Monday, January 16, 2023
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Tech Industry: Are They Different?
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Tech Industry: Are They Different?
Abstract
This Article will compare mergers and acquisitions in the technology industry in the U.S. to mergers and acquisitions in other sectors of the U.S. economy, as well as other countries. This Article will show that the U.S. technology industry is not disproportionately prone to consolidation relative to other important sectors of the U.S. economy. Furthermore, while technology mergers and acquisitions were historically more common in the U.S. than in the rest of the world, other countries are rapidly catching up to the U.S. Lastly, evidence in this Article suggests that the mergers and acquisition activity in the U.S. technology sector is not driven by the largest firms nor by a handful of prolific buyers.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2023/01/mergers-and-acquisitions-in-the-tech-industry-are-they-different.html