# Record card
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Description
Mergers e Acquisitions represent important forms of business deals because of the volumes involved in the transactions and the role of the innovation activity of companies. By considering the patent activity of about one thousand companies, we develop a method to predict future acquisitions by assuming that companies deal more frequently with technologically related ones.
Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Socio-economic models