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| Arijit Mukherjee and Uday Bhanu Sinha |
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| ''Knowledge diffusion under patent with asymmetric firms'' |
| ( 2007, Vol. 12 No.9 ) |
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| We show that if patent protection and trade secrecy generate asymmetric market structure, an innovator may prefer patent protection than trade secrecy even if the diffusion probability is higher under the former but it increases market concentration by preventing some imitators. So, whether an innovator prefers patent protection or trade secrecy depends on the trade-off between the diffusion probability and market concentration. |
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JEL: L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy: General
O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Apr 18 2007 | | Manuscript Accepted : Apr 18 2007 |
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