Arbeitspapier
Difusing new technology without dissipating rents: Some historical case studies of knowledge sharing
The diffusion of innovations is supposed to dissipate inventors' rents. Yet in many documented cases, inventors freely shared knowledge with their competitors. Using a model and case studies, this paper explores why sharing did not eliminate inventors' incentives. Each new technology coexisted with an alternative for one or more decades. This allowed inventors to earn rents while sharing knowledge, attaining major productivity gains. The technology diffusion literature suggests that such circumstances are common during the early stages of a new technology.
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Englisch
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Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2017/28
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services: General, International, or Comparative
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
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technological change
technology diffusion
knowledge sharing
collective invention
patents
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bessen, James
Nuvolari, Alessandro
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Veröffentlichung
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Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
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Pisa
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bessen, James
- Nuvolari, Alessandro
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
Entstanden
- 2017
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