Zhao, Dan; Chen, Hongmin; Hong, Xianpei; Liu, Jingfang - In: International Journal of Production Economics 158 (2014) C, pp. 136-144
We study the optimal technology licensing contracts with network effects and investigate the welfare implications when the product innovator is an insider that acts as a Stackelberg leader. We show that (i) the market is fully covered when relatively small network intensity matches quality...