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Technology licensing with asymmetric absorptive capacity

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  • Chih-Wei Chang
  • Yan-Shu Lin
  • Ming-Fang Tsai

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This paper establishes a duopoly model to investigate the impacts of asymmetric absorptive capacity and asymmetric production cost on international technology licensing by an outside patent-holder. We find that, irrespective of fixed fee and royalty licensing, the patent-holder may adopt exclusively licensing if the difference in the absorptive capacity of two firms is large enough; otherwise, it will license to both firms. Surprisingly, such international licensing may be welfare-reducing if the difference in absorptive capacities between two licensees is large enough.

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  • Chih-Wei Chang & Yan-Shu Lin & Ming-Fang Tsai, 2016. "Technology licensing with asymmetric absorptive capacity," Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(3), pages 278-290, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:raaexx:v:23:y:2016:i:3:p:278-290
    DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2016.1188452
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    3. Banerjee, Swapnendu & Poddar, Sougata, 2019. "‘To sell or not to sell’: Licensing versus selling by an outside innovator," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 293-304.
    4. Holland, Heinrich & Zand-Niapour, Sam, 2017. "Einflussfaktoren der Adoption von "Connected Cars" durch Endnutzer in Deutschland: Eine empirische Untersuchung," UASM Discussion Paper Series 5/2017, University of Applied Sciences Mainz.
    5. Xu, Lili & Lee, Sang-Ho & Matsumura, Toshihiro, 2017. "Ex-ante versus ex-post privatization policies with foreign penetration in free-entry mixed markets," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 1-7.
    6. Lili Xu & Fanrui Su & Sang-Ho Lee, 2023. "Strategic corporate social responsibility and partial privatization policy with foreign penetration," The Japanese Economic Review, Springer, vol. 74(2), pages 251-278, April.

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