Strategic Disclosure of Intermediate Research Results.

We analyze the incentives to disclose intermediate research results. We find that despite the help that disclosure can give to a rival, the leading innovator sometimes chooses to disclose. Disclosure signals commitment to the research project, which may induce a rival to exit. With weak product mark...

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Autore principale: Gill, D
Natura: Working paper
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2004