Costly R&D and intellectual property rights protection (2003)
This paper summarises some of my product cycle models addressing the role of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection when all forms of R&D, including imitation, are costly. While the settings...
Costly R&D and intellectual property rights protection (2003)
This paper summarises some of my product cycle models addressing the role of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection when all forms of R&D, including imitation, are costly. While the settings...
International trade and product improvement /--by Amy Jocelyn Glass. (1993)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1993.
Strategies for dominance : IBM during the system/360 and PC product cycles / (1988)
Thesis (B.A.)--Williams College, Dept. of Economics, 1988.
Foreign Direct Investment and the Nature of R&D
Amy Jocelyn Glass, Kamal Saggi
The authors find that the role foreign direct investment (FDI) plays in international technology transfer (ITT) hinges on whether substitute channels of ITT--such as imitation--exist for the host...
Crowding Out and Distributional Effects of FDI Policies
Amy Jocelyn Glass, Kamal Saggi
We analyze optimal host country policy toward multinational production in a three country model. Oligopolists from two source countries invest in a common host country to take advantage of low costs....
Product Cycles and Market Penetration.
This paper constructs a quality ladders product cycle model with multiple quality levels. A lower quality level of each product sells due to differences in willingness to pay for quality across...
Multinational firms and technology transfer
Glass, Amy Jocelyn, Saggi, Kamal
The authors construct an oligopoly model in which a multinational firm has a technology superior to those of local firms in the host country. Workers employed by the multinational acquire knowledge...
Multinational Firms and Technology Transfer.
Glass, Amy Jocelyn, Saggi, Kamal
We construct an oligopoly model in which a multinational firm has a superior technology compared to local firms. Workers employed by the multinational acquire knowledge of its superior technology....
Price discrimination and quality improvement
This paper models quality improvements when multiple quality levels can sell, owing to differences in consumers' valuations of quality improvements. Firms can collude to price discriminate, so that...
Outsourcing under Imperfect Protection of Intellectual Property
The paper examines possible reasons behind expanded outsourcing by modeling outsourcing decisions when intellectual property rights are imperfectly protected. Firms in the North develop higher...
International Rivalry in Advancing Products.
This paper explores the forces that determine the distribution of technological leadership across countries and whether technological leadership contributes to national welfare. Increased domestic...