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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vu, Giang Thi Minh
• Hoang, Khanh
• Hoang, Huy Viet

Titel

Merger and acquisition, firm‐level cybersecurity risk, and research and development intensity

Ist Teil von

• Managerial and decision economics, 2024-07, Vol.45 (5), p.3094-3106

Ort / Verlag

Chichester: Wiley Periodicals Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper investigates the relationship between firm‐level cybersecurity risk and merger and acquisition (M&A) activities of firms in the United States from 2007 to 2018. Using a novel measure of firm‐level cybersecurity risk and the multivariate regression analysis, we find empirical evidence of a positive association between M&A and cybersecurity risk. Interestingly, cybersecurity risk only increases with intangible assets acquisitions, but not with tangible assets acquisitions. Further empirical analysis shows that the impact of M&A on cybersecurity risk is moderated by technological intensity, with firms that have higher levels of research and development (R&D) intensity facing less pronounced cybersecurity risk. Our findings are robust to different variable measurements and endogeneity diagnoses. Our results deliver important implications for practitioners and policymakers and make a valuable contribution to the literature by providing a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between M&A and cybersecurity risk and by highlighting the role of corporate innovation in mitigating this risk.