R&D incentives to cooperate and invest with licensing

Autor: Carlo Capuano, Iacopo Grassi
Přispěvatelé: Capuano, Carlo, Grassi, Iacopo
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 31:539-551
ISSN: 1476-8364
1043-8599
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2020.1841941
Popis: In this paper, we evaluate the private incentive to cooperate comparing three different scenarios (R&D cooperation, and R&D competition with and without licensing), in terms of expected profits, industry probability of innovation, and expected welfare. We show that the feasibility of licensing increases the appropriability of returns and may stimulate R&D investment; moreover, licensing an innovation may lead to the highest social welfare. However, some conflict may emerge between the public and private incentive to license the innovation, and between different policy targets.
Databáze: OpenAIRE