Information sharing and the stability of cooperation in research joint ventures*
Gamal Atallah
Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2003, vol. 12, issue 6, 531-554
Abstract:
The model studies information sharing and the stability of cooperation in cost reducing Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). In a three-stage game-theoretic framework, firms decide on participation in a RJV, information sharing along with R&D expenditures, and output. An important feature of the model is that voluntary information sharing between cooperating firms increases information leakage from the RJV to outsiders. It is found that RJVs representing a larger portion of firms in the industry are more likely to share information. It is also found that when sharing information is costless, firms generally don't choose intermediate levels of information sharing: they share all the information or none at all. The size of the RJV is found to depend on three effects: a coordination effect, an information sharing effect, and a competition effect. Depending on the relative magnitudes of these effects, the size of the RJV may increase or decrease with spillovers. In response to an increase in leakages, RJV members reduce their R&D spending. In addition, they either increase the RJV size while maintaining information sharing unchanged (when leakages are low), or they reduce both information sharing and RJV size (when leakages are high).
Keywords: Endogenous R&D Spillovers; Information Sharing; R&D Cooperation; Research Joint Ventures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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Working Paper: Information Sharing and the Stability of Cooperation in Research Joint Ventures (2002)
Working Paper: Information sharing and the stability of cooperation in research joint ventures (2002)
Working Paper: Information Sharing and the Stability of Cooperation in Research Joint Ventures (2000)
Working Paper: Information Sharing and the Stability of Cooperation in Research Joint Ventures (2000)
Working Paper: Information Sharing and the Stability of Cooperation in Research Joint Ventures (2000)
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DOI: 10.1080/1043859032000061134
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