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A Note on Technology Transfer by a Monopoly
Author(s) -
Wang X. Henry,
Yang Bill Z.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian economic papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1467-8454
pISSN - 0004-900X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8454.00185
Subject(s) - monopoly , license , incentive , technology transfer , industrial organization , business , economics , microeconomics , international trade , computer science , operating system
This paper studies the incentive for a monopoly to license its technology. It shows that a patent–holding monopoly may be willing to license its proprietary technology to a potential competitor when such a technology transfer has a market–expanding effect.
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