Track: Graduate Student Paper Competition

Abstract

Fast-growing number of researches of Innovation Studies especially innovation process, had been main concerns in many research funding organizations. Recent studies on innovation process during merger & acquisition (M&A) present information overload that may burden effective academic research and collaboration. Scientometric analysis has a possibility for an accurate quantitative analyze and visualize the database into extensive landmark of research trend using suitable software tools. This study adopted scientometric analysis on innovation process during M&A using VOSViewer software. Bibliographic data was taken from Scopus database ranged from 2003 to 2022. There were 275 documents to be compared and analyzed. Scientometric evaluations described density and network of authors, contributing countries & affiliations, and keywords. Number of documents by type and by year were analyzed by using data tables and graphics. The results showed that innovation process during M&A was still wide open to be discussed in terms of public organizations. Innovation process during M&A was strongly linked to open innovation. Meanwhile, to achieve deeper understanding of innovation process, several aspects (such as market and managerial challeges) were needed to be discussed carefully. Finally, this study also suggested further research in terms of innovation process during M&A