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- Ahmed Chennak
- Konstantinos Giannakas
Abstract
This paper develops a sequential game‐theoretic model of technology licensing with heterogeneous firms and consumers in a mixed oligopoly to systematically analyze the optimal licensing decision of the cooperative and the market and welfare impacts of cooperative involvement in the licensing of cost‐reducing process innovations. Analytical results show that the organizational form does matter in technology licensing; cooperative behavior differs from that of its investor‐owned counterparts yielding significantly different equilibrium outcomes in mixed oligopolies where the cooperative is the licensor of the process innovation involved. While our analysis focuses on cost‐reducing process innovations, our results are more general and hold also for quality‐enhancing product innovations. Cet article développe un modèle séquentiel de théorie des jeux sur le transfert de technologie avec des entreprises et des consommateurs hétérogènes dans un oligopole mixte, afin d'analyser systématiquement la décision optimale de transfert de licences de la coopérative et les impacts sur le marché et le bien‐être de l'implication coopérative dans le transfert de licences d'innovations de processus permettant de réduire les coûts. Les résultats analytiques montrent que la forme organisationnelle importe dans le transfert de technologie; le comportement coopératif diffère de celui de ses homologues détenus par des investisseurs, produisant des résultats d'équilibre significativement différents dans les oligopoles mixtes où la coopérative est le détenteur de la licence de l'innovation de processus impliquée. Bien que notre analyse se concentre sur les innovations de processus permettant de réduire les coûts, nos résultats sont plus généraux et s'appliquent également aux innovations de produits améliorant la qualité.
Suggested Citation
Ahmed Chennak & Konstantinos Giannakas, 2025.
"Technology transfer in mixed oligopolies: The role of cooperatives,"
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 73(2), pages 181-201, June.
Handle:
RePEc:bla:canjag:v:73:y:2025:i:2:p:181-201
DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12382
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