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Affeldt, Pauline; Duso, Tomaso; Szücs, Florian - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 76 (2021), pp. 1-62

Commission, we evaluate how consistently arguments related to structural market parameters – dominance, rising concentration … increase in post-merger concentration and in complex mergers. Yet, its importance decreased following the 2004 merger policy … reform. Competitive concerns are also correlated with rising concentration, especially if entry barriers and foreclosure are …

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Technology sharing and tacit collusion

Levy, Nadav - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 2, pp. 204-216

I study the prospects for collusion between rival firms that share technological know-how. Two common forms of technology sharing are compared: a research joint venture (RJV) and licensing. Under licensing, firms can use the licensing fee to elicit higher levels of R&D than with an RJV. However,...

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Claim efficiencies or offer remedies? An analysis of litigation strategies in EC mergers

Ormosi, Peter L. - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 6, pp. 578-592

Efficiency defence and merger remedies are key components in most merger control regimes. Although in many jurisdictions both the provision of efficiency-related evidence and remedy offers are at the merging firms' discretion, most previous works have only analysed them separately. This paper is...

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Investigating transatlantic merger policy convergence

Szücs, Florian - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 6, pp. 654-662

We propose a framework to examine convergence in the jurisdictional patterns of the American FTC and the European Commission. Based on a sample of 595 merger cases scrutinized by either of these agencies in the 1995–2007 period, we estimate logit models of the probability of intervening in a...

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Standards, consortia, and innovation

Baron, Justus; Ménière, Yann; Pohlmann, Tim - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 36 (2014) C, pp. 22-35

The development of formal ICT standards is a challenging form of collaborative innovation, combining consensus decision making and R&D rivalry. To supplement this formal standard setting process, it has thus become frequent that part of the involved firms creates ad hoc consortia to better align...

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Innovating standards through informal consortia: The case of wireless telecommunications

Delcamp, Henry; Leiponen, Aija - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 36 (2014) C, pp. 36-47

We empirically examine the effects of industry consortia on the coordination of innovation strategies of the members. Our analyses utilize membership data from 32 consortia in wireless telecommunication technology subfields from 2000 to 2005 and prior art citations in standard-essential patents....

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Moving beyond simple examples: Assessing the incremental value rule within standards

Layne-Farrar, Anne; Llobet, Gerard - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 36 (2014) C, pp. 57-69

This paper presents a model of patent licensing in a standard setting context when patented technologies are heterogeneous in multiple dimensions. The model allows us to assess a policy proposal put forth in the literature: that an incremental value pricing rule should define Fair, Reasonable,...

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Reputation, competition, and entry in procurement

Spagnolo, Giancarlo - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 3, pp. 291-296

Based on my recent work with several co-authors this paper explores the relationship between discretion, reputation, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation...

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On the duration of technology licensing

Gordanier, John; Miao, Chun-Hui - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 29 (2011) 6, pp. 755-765

We model an innovator's choice of payment scheme and duration as a joint decision in a multi-period licensing game with potential future innovations and some irreversibility of technology transfer. We find that it may be optimal to license the innovation for less than the full length of the...

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Field-of-use restrictions in licensing agreements

Schuett, Florian - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 5, pp. 403-416

A widely used clause in license contracts – the field-of-use restriction (FOUR) – precludes licensees from operating outside of the technical field specified. When a technology has several distinct applications, FOUR allow the licensor to divide up his rights and attribute them to the...

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