Incentives for Process Innovations Under Discrete Structural Alternatives of Competition Policy

40 Pages Posted: 16 Apr 2015

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Andrey Shastitko

Lomonossov Moscow State University; Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus

Alexander Kurdin

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus; Moscow State University - Faculty of Economics; National Research University Higher School of Economics

Date Written: April 14, 2015

Abstract

This study analyses the incentives for process innovations under different conditions determined by the competition policy for intellectual property rights (IPR) and particular features of markets and technologies. Competition policy is defined by the presence or absence of compulsory licensing, markets are characterized by technological leadership or technological competition. The results of modelling show that the uncertainty engendered by technological competition may lower the intensity of innovative activities, if there are no mechanisms of coordination between participants. Voluntary licensing generally improves social welfare but does not guarantee an increase in innovative efforts. Compulsory licensing can impede innovations due to the opportunistic behaviour of market participants but certain measures of state policy can prevent this negative effect.

Keywords: competition policy, compulsory licensing, process innovations

JEL Classification: L24, O31, K21

Suggested Citation

Shastitko, Andrey and Shastitko, Andrey and Kurdin, Alexander, Incentives for Process Innovations Under Discrete Structural Alternatives of Competition Policy (April 14, 2015). Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 92/EC/2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2594664 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2594664

Andrey Shastitko

Lomonossov Moscow State University ( email )

1-46 Leninskiye Gory
Moscow, 119991
Russia

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus ( email )

Moscow, 119571
Russia

Alexander Kurdin (Contact Author)

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Moscow Campus ( email )

Moscow, 119571
Russia

Moscow State University - Faculty of Economics ( email )

1-46 Leninskiye Gory
Moscow, 119991
Russia

National Research University Higher School of Economics ( email )

20 Myasnitskaya str.
Moscow, 101000
Russia

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