In:
Revue d'économie industrielle, PERSEE Program, Vol. 67, No. 1 ( 1994), p. 255-280
Abstract:
A growing empirical literature has shown that technological alliances as well as licencing agreements most frequently involve large firms that already are « strong » as far as their competences and R & D capacity are concerned. On the contrary, firms that are conducting little R & D intramuros appear to face relevant difficulties to enter technical alliances, particularly with stronger firms. The paper builds on this evidence and attempts to provide a comprehensive explanation of how incentives and difficulties to enter R & D collaborations vary according to technological asymmetries between firms, in the presence of alternative conditions concerning entry barriers, asset complementarity and appropriability regimes. This framework is used to predict in which circumstances cooperation between technologically « weak » firms and « strong » firms will occur and be fruitful. Accordingly, the issue of cooperation between large and small sized firms is considered as a special case.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0154-3229
DOI:
10.3406/rei.1994.1522
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
1994
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2304008-7
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