The Dynamics of Research Joint Ventures: A Panel Data Analysis

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Tomaso Duso

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); TU Berlin- Faculty of Economics and Management - Empirical Industrial Organization; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Enrico Pennings

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE); Tinbergen Institute; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Jo Seldeslachts

KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB); German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Date Written: December 2007

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to test the determinants of Research Joint Ventures' (RJVs) group dynamics. We look at entry, exit and turbulence in RJVs that have been set up under the US National Cooperative Research Act, which allows for certain antitrust exemptions in order to stimulate firms to cooperate in R&D. Accounting for unobserved project characteristics and controlling for inter-RJV interactions and industry effects, the Tobit panel regressions show the importance of group and time features for an RJV's evolution. We further identify an average RJV's long-term equilibrium size and assess its determining factors. Ours is a first attempt to produce robust stylized facts about cooperational short- and long-term dynamics, an important but neglected dimension in research cooperations.

Keywords: Research joint ventures, dynamics, panel data

JEL Classification: C23, L24, O32

Suggested Citation

Duso, Tomaso and Pennings, Enrico and Seldeslachts, Jo, The Dynamics of Research Joint Ventures: A Panel Data Analysis (December 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1081275 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1081275

Tomaso Duso

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TU Berlin- Faculty of Economics and Management - Empirical Industrial Organization ( email )

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Enrico Pennings

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) ( email )

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KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB) ( email )

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German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) ( email )

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Berlin, 10117
Germany

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