We develop a model explaining the consolidation patterns in the agricultural biotechnology industry. Among different consolidation and cooperation mechanisms, we consider collaborative and licensing agreements, joint ventures, acquisitions, and exchanges of ownership and spin-offs. The key...

This book is intended for a two-semester, graduate-level course and is paced to admit more extensive treatment of areas of specific interest to the instructor and students. It is assumed that the reader of the book will have had an econometric methods course. In the final section of each chapter...