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Inefficiencies in the sale of ideas: theory and empirics
Allain, Marie-Laure; Henry, Emeric; Kyle, Margaret - HAL - 2011
The sale of ideas (e.g. through licensing) facilitates vertical specialization and the division of labor between research and development. This specialization can improve the overall efficiency of the innovative process. However, these gains depend on the timing of the sale: the buyer of an idea...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368491
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Can open source projects succeed when the producers are not users? Lessons from the data processing field.
JULLIEN, Nicolas; Roudaut, Karine - HAL - 2012
information goods, based on von ippel's user-as-innovator principle (1988): as users benefit from innovation, they have incentive … to produce it, and as they can expect cumulative innovation on their own proposition, they have incentive to share it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898829
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Financial Sector Competition in West African Economic and Monetary Union
LEON, Florian - HAL - 2012
This paper investigates the degree of competition in the WAEMU financial industry over the period 2002-2007 using firm-level data (591 year-firm observations). Market structure analysis, the Panzar-Rosse model and conjectural variation are applied to assess the level of competition. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899373
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Threshold of Preference for Collusion and Interconnection Fees in Different Market Structures : the Tunisian Mobile Market Case
Debbichi, Sami; Hichri, Walid - HAL - 2013
We present a Cournot model that compares the critical threshold of collusion in Duopoly and Oligopoly Markets where the actors are private, mixed or public. We assume that the incentive critical threshold for collusion depends on the interconnection fees. The different threshold values...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899868
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Invention and transfer of climate change-mitigation technologies: A global analysis
Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Glachant, Matthieu; Hascic, Ivan - HAL - 2011
1990 innovation was driven mostly by energy prices. Since then, environmental policies, and, more recently, climate … policies, have accelerated the pace of innovation. The data also indicate that innovation is highly concentrated in three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792117
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Entry mode choice and target firm selection: private and collective incentive analysis
Zhao, Kai - HAL - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to formalize the choices of market entry strategy (Export Vs Greenfield investment Vs Cross … export credible threats. If greenfield FDI is viable, entering firm prefers acquiring the low-productivity firm, when the …, there is always the ambiguity between the foreign firm's preference and the government's judgment. If export entry option is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899386
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Intra-firm and arm's length trade: how distance matters?
Bombarda, Pamela - HAL - 2011
share of world trade, this paper develops a model of trade and intra-firm trade with heterogeneous firms. In this set up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899726
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Mitigation strategies and energy technology learning: an assessment with the POLES model
Criqui, Patrick; Mima, Silvana; Menanteau, Philippe; … - HAL - 2014
This paper explores various dimensions of the learning process for low-carbon technologies under different mitigation scenarios. It uses the POLES model, which addresses learning as an endogenous phenomenon with learning curves, and a set of scenarios developed as part of the AMPERE project. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780807
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The economics of changing course: implications of adaptability and inertia for optimal climate policy.
Grubb, Michael; Thierry, Chapuis; Ha-Duong, Minh - HAL - 1995
technical innovation and systemic change in the energy sector is largely induced by need, and restrained by potentially large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791872
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Prospects for the hydrogen transition based on the network economic approach : Insights from the electricity and gas experience in Europe
Bento, Nuno - HAL - 2007
This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge.We take the theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792179