Technology transfer: Barriers and opportunities

Luis C. Corchón; Clara Eugenia García

doi:10.3934/jdg.2018021

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2018, Volume 5, Issue 4: 343-355. Doi: 10.3934/jdg.2018021

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Technology transfer: Barriers and opportunities

Luis C. Corchón^, and
Clara Eugenia García

Universidad Carlos Ⅲ, calle Madrid 126, Getafe, Madrid, Spain

* Corresponding author: Luis C. Corchón
* Corresponding author: Luis C. Corchón

Received: September 2018

Revised: October 2018

Published: November 2018

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In this paper we study technology transfer in a duopoly model with heterogeneous goods under quantity and price competition. We obtain three conclusions: Firstly, under product heterogeneity, technology transfer can take any form. Secondly, the properties found in the homogeneous case generalize to the heterogeneous case with various degrees of generality. Finally, if demand is not symmetric we may find full technology transfer between firms with different sizes and that firms with similar technology do not engage in technology transfer. We find evidence of the latter in the market for antidepressants.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 91A05, 91A10; Secondary: 91A20, 91A80.

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