Disclosure of know-how in research joint ventures

The organization of R&D and environmental policy

“…Several papers in the industrial organization literature discuss the relative merits of different forms of organization of R&D from a number of different perspectives; D' Aspremont andJacquemin (1988), De Bondt andWu (1997), Kamien et al (1992), Pérez-Castrillo and Sandonís (1996), Suzumura (1992), and Vilasuso and Frascatore (2000), among others.…”

Cooperative R&D between vertically related firms with spillovers

“…For the discussion of intra-industry spillovers to be endogenous, seeCohen and Levinthal (1989), De Fraja (1993),Pérez-Castrillo and Sandonís (1996),Katsoulacos and Ulph (1998),Kultti and Takalo (1998), PoyagoTheotoky (1999),Kamien and Zang (2000), andMartin (2002).8 This paper considers only cooperative R&D between two firms. The scenarios in which all four firms or three firms cooperate in R&D are not examined.…”

The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe

“…A joint venture is often described as a 'quasi-firm', as the joint venture, owned and actively co-managed by usually pre-existing, independent firms that pool resources for a specific objective, resembles long-term relational contracts in many important respects. First, the independent joint venture partners are often simultaneously competitors outside the scope of the venture (Pèrez-Castrillo and Sandonís 1996). Second, since joint ventures usually involve the development of a particular product, their average life span is not usually very long.…”