Knowledge sharing in cooperative research and development

Masao Nakamura and Mariko Sakakibara
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Masao Nakamura: Faculty of Commerce, Institute of Asian Research and Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6 T 1Z2, Postal: Faculty of Commerce, Institute of Asian Research and Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6 T 1Z2
Mariko Sakakibara: University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481, USA, Postal: University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481, USA

Managerial and Decision Economics, 2003, vol. 24, issue 2-3, 117-132

Abstract: This article examines the effects of knowledge sharing or endogenous spillovers among R&D consortia participants on R&D competition when R&D enhances a firm's absorptive capacity. A three-stage model illustrates how different compositions of R&D consortia affect endogenous spillover rates and R&D spending of participants. When consortium participants possess complementary knowledge, the model suggests that participation increases the degree of knowledge sharing and intensifies firms' R&D efforts to learn from other members compared with the case when no cooperation takes place. This type of R&D consortia is welfare enhancing, justifying government support for these projects. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1002/mde.1080

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