Product Innovation Under Vertical Differentiation and the Persistence of Monopoly

Product Innovation Under Vertical Differentiation and the Persistence of Monopoly
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Release: 1995
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The incentives to innovate for the incumbent and the entrant in a vertically differentiated market are analised, in the absence of uncertainty. It turns out that if consumers marginal willingness to pay for quality is sufficiently low, the efficiency effect observationally works so as to favour innovation by the entrant, i.e., competition. Otherwise, it operates to the advantage of the incumbent who acquire the right to innovate, preempting thus the rival.

The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited

The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited
Author: Josh Lerner
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 715
Release: 2012-04-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0226473031

This volume offers contributions to questions relating to the economics of innovation and technological change. Central to the development of new technologies are institutional environments and among the topics discussed are the roles played by universities and the ways in which the allocation of funds affects innovation.

Market Strategy and Structure

Market Strategy and Structure
Author: J. M. Alec Gee
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
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Addressing issues in the analysis of market strategy and structure, the contributors to this volume assess the current position and consider future opportunities for research. Topics covered include product differentiation, price and quantity competition, strategic behaviour and patenting.

Handbook of Production Economics

Handbook of Production Economics
Author: Subhash C. Ray
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1797
Release: 2022-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811034559

This three-volume handbook includes state-of-the-art surveys in different areas of neoclassical production economics. Volumes 1 and 2 cover theoretical and methodological issues only. Volume 3 includes surveys of empirical applications in different areas like manufacturing, agriculture, banking, energy and environment, and so forth.