dc.contributor.author | Grünfeld, Leo A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-23T10:16:42Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-24T11:45:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-23T10:16:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-24T11:45:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Working Paper, NUPI nr. 621. NUPI, 2001 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 0800 - 0018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2394071 | |
dc.description | - | nb_NO |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we analyse how R&D investment decisions are affected by R&D spillovers between firms, taking into consideration that more R&D investment improves the ability to learn from competing firms - the so-called absorptive capacity effect of R&D. The model in this paper is an extension of d’Aspremont and Jacquemin (1988), where they show that exogenous R&D spillovers reduce the incentive to invest in R&D when firms compete in a Cournot duopoly. Our model treats R&D spillovers as endogenous, being a function of absorptive capacity effects. Contrary to earlier studies, we show that absorptive capacity effects do not necessarily drive up the incentive to invest in R&D. This only happens when the market size is small or the absorptive capacity effect is weak. Otherwise firms will actually chose to cut down on R&D. Furthermore, absorptive capacity effects also increase the critical rate of spillovers that determines whether participating in research joint ventures leads to lower or higher R&D investment. Finally, we show that strong learning effects of own R&D are not necessarily good for welfare. Moreover, if the market size is large, welfare will be at its highest when the learning effect is small. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | NUPI | nb_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | NUPI Working Paper;621 | |
dc.rights | Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 3.0 Norge | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/no/ | * |
dc.title | Meet Me Halfway but don't Rush : Absorptive capacity and strategic R&D investment revisited | nb_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | nb_NO |
dc.date.updated | 2016-06-23T10:16:42Z | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 31 p. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1363626 | |
dc.subject.keyword | Handel / Trade | |