Pierce, Andrea; Sen, Debapriya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
: outsourcing (A orders the intermediate good from B) and technology transfer (B transfers its technology to A). First we show that … market. This generates an indirect Stackelberg leadership effect, which is absent in a technology transfer contract. We show … improving technology transfer contracts. Finally, it is shown that whenever both firms prefer one of the two contracts, all …