KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION UNDER PATENTASYMMETRIC FIRMS

We show that if patent protection and trade secrecy generate asymmetricmarket structure, an innovator may prefer patent protection than trade secrecy even ifthe diffusion probability is higher under the former but it increases marketconcentration by preventing some imitators...

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Year of publication:	2005-09-01
Authors:	Mukherjee, Arijit ; Uday Bhanu Sinha
Institutions:	University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics ; Indian Statistical Institute <Calcutta>
Subject:	Innovation \| Unternehmen \| Handel \| trade \| Patent \| Wissensvermittlung \| Knowledge spillover

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Extent:	130048 bytes 11 p. application/pdf
Series:	The University of Nottingham / School of Economics - discussion papers Discussion PaperNo. 05/08
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISSN:	1360-2438
Classification:	K3 - Other Substantive Areas of Law ; L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development ; Strategic management ; Specific management methods ; Market research ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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