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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Research joint ventures: the role of financial constraints |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | Working paper series / Department of Economics |
| Number | 416 |
| ISSN | 1664-7041 |
| Number of Pages | 47 |
| Date | 2023 |
| Abstract Text | This paper provides a novel theory of research joint ventures for financially constrained firms. When firms choose R&D portfolios, an RJV can help to coordinate research efforts, reducing investments in duplicate projects. This can free up resources, increase the variety of pursued projects and thereby increase the probability of discovering the innovation. RJVs improve innovation outcomes when market competition is weak or external financing conditions are bad. An RJV may increase the innovation probability and nevertheless lower total R&D costs. RJVs that increase innovation also increase consumer surplus and tend to be profitable, but innovation-reducing RJVs also exist. Finally, we compare RJVs to innovation-enhancing mergers. |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:22559 |
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| Keywords | Innovation, research joint ventures, financial constraints, mergers, intensity of competition, licensing |
| Additional Information | Revised version |