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Mergers & High Tech Industries INTRODUCTION This research examines merger a

This research examines merger and acquisition activity in American hightechnology industries. The findings of this research are presented in discussions dealing with the background to the situation, and the current status of the situation, and concludes with a projection for the future. Of particular interest is how such mergers and acquisitions will likely be financed in the future.

When one thinks of merger and acquisition activity in hightechnology industries, the most prevalent conception is of a union of firms engaged in similar endeavors. In fact, however, firms outside of the hightechnology classification often acquire hightechnology firms. Conversely, some hightechnology firms also make acquisitions outside of the hightechnology classification. For the purposes of this current research, however, only deals involving the acquisition of an American hightechnology firm (by either another hightechnology firm, or by a firm from outside of the hightechnology classification) were considered.

Of particular concern to many people in the United States in the early1990s, is the potential for American hightechnology firms to be acquired by foreign firmsthe fear being that the United States will lose either or both control over the pace and direction of hightechnology development, and, possibly, the ability to compete globally in hightechnology markets. To a great extent, these fears appear to hold some degree of validity.1 Merger and acquisition activity in the American hightechnology sector certainly is not new. It began at least as far back as 1961, when HewlettPackard acquired Sanborn Company, a developer and manufacturer of cardiac monitoring devices.2 That acquisition proved to be highly synergistic, and highly successful.3 The same cannot be said of many hightechnology mergers and acquisitions since that time back in 1961.

Some of the more significant mergers and acquisitions of America...

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