Quality-improving and cost-reducing strategic alliances

We develop a two-stage Salop-type model to examine quality-improving and process innovation alliances in an oligopolistic context. In the first stage, a network of alliances among firms is assumed while in the second stage firms set prices, product quality and cost-reducing process innovation. We fi...

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Published in:Economia politica (Bologna, Italy) Italy), 2020-07, Vol.37 (2), p.493-524
Main Authors: Di Dio, Fabio, Correani, Luca
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Economic Policy
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International Political Economy
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