%0 Journal Article %1 Deroian2006/5 %A Deroian, Frederic %A Gannon, Frederic %D 2006/5 %J International Journal of Industrial Organization %K Product R&D Vertically alliance and differentiated horizontally innovation; oligopoly; %N 3 %P 629-637 %T Quality-improving alliances in differentiated oligopoly %V 24 %X We study rival firms' incentives in quality-improving Research and Development (R&D) networks. The analysis stresses the role of free riding associated to collaboration, and three major consequences emerge: R&D efforts decrease with the number of partners, networks of alliances are over-connected as compared to the social optimum and the profit-maximizing number of alliances is possibly non-monotonic (decreasing then increasing) with respect to inverse measure of product differentiation.

@article{Deroian2006/5, abstract = {We study rival firms' incentives in quality-improving Research and Development (R&D) networks. The analysis stresses the role of free riding associated to collaboration, and three major consequences emerge: R&D efforts decrease with the number of partners, networks of alliances are over-connected as compared to the social optimum and the profit-maximizing number of alliances is possibly non-monotonic (decreasing then increasing) with respect to inverse measure of product differentiation.}, added-at = {2008-08-31T18:03:07.000+0200}, author = {Deroian, Frederic and Gannon, Frederic}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29ca809a7d6fa92f6687ee7d3c86127b0/jomiralb}, description = {Old biblio}, interhash = {0e997157df8e4c8936a85122cad695cc}, intrahash = {9ca809a7d6fa92f6687ee7d3c86127b0}, journal = {International Journal of Industrial Organization}, keywords = {Product R&D Vertically alliance and differentiated horizontally innovation; oligopoly;}, number = 3, owner = {oriol}, pages = {629-637}, timestamp = {2008-08-31T18:03:11.000+0200}, title = {Quality-improving alliances in differentiated oligopoly}, volume = 24, year = {2006/5} }