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24Technology, R&D, and Efficiency
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Chapter Objectives• Differences Between an Invention, an
Innovation, and Technical Diffusion• How Entrepreneurs and Other
Innovators Further Technological Advance
• How a Firm Determines its Optimal Amount of Research and Development (R&D)
• Why Firms Can Benefit From Their Innovation Even Though Rivals Have an Incentive to Imitate It
• About the Role of Market Structure in Promoting Technological Advance
• How Technical Advance Enhances Productive and Allocative Efficiency
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Invention-Innovation-Diffusion• Technological Advance• Very Long Run• Invention
–Patent• Innovation
–Product Innovation–Process Innovation
• Diffusion• R&D Expenditures
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R&D ExpendituresU.S. R&D Expenditures, 2004
Source: National Science Foundation
BasicResearch
AppliedResearch
(Invention)
4%
19%
77%
Development(Innovation and
Imitation)
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R&D ExpendituresGLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Total R&D Expenditures as a Percentageof GDP, Latest Data
Sweden
Japan
United States
Germany
France
Canada
United Kingdom
Italy
4.27
3.12
2.67
2.50
2.26
1.87
1.87
1.11
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Role of Entrepreneurs• Entrepreneurs• Other Innovators• Forming Start-Ups• Innovating Within Existing
Firms• Anticipating the Future• Exploiting University and
Government Scientific Research
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Firm’s Optimal R&D Amount• Interest-Rate Cost of Funds
–Bank Loans–Bonds–Retained Earnings–Venture Capital–Personal Savings
• Interest-Rate Cost of Funds Curve
• Expected-Rate-of-Return Curve
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Firm’s Optimal R&D Amount
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Firm’s Optimal R&D Amount• Optimal Versus Affordable
R&D• Expected, Not Guaranteed,
Returns• Adjustments
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Increased Profits
• Via Product Innovation–Importance of Price
–Unsuccessful New Products
–Product Improvements
• Reduced Cost Via Process Innovation
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Increased Profits
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Process Innovation IncreasesTotal Product and Decreases ATC
Making Greater Production Possible At Lower Costs
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Imitation and R&D Incentives• Imitation Problem• Fast-Second Strategy• Benefits of Being First
–Patents–Copyrights and Trademarks–Brand-Name Recognition–Trade Secrets and Learning
by Doing–Time Lags–Profitable Buyouts
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Imitation and R&D Incentives
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Distribution of U.S. Patents, by Foreign Nation
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Top 10 Foreign CountriesJapan (574,865)
Germany (221,120)
France (84,902)
U.K. (83,991)
Canada (63,994)
Taiwan (57,605)
Italy (36,883)
Switzerland (36,802)
South Korea (35,673)
Sweden (29,696)
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Role of Market Structure• Market Structure and
Technological Advance–Pure Competition–Monopolistic Competition
–Oligopoly–Pure Monopoly
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Inverted-U TheoryR&D Spending Varies With Concentration Ratio
More Competition Less Competition
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A “Loose” Oligopoly Supports the Optimum R&D Spending
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Technological Advance and Efficiency
• Productive Efficiency–Increasing Productivity
of Inputs
• Allocative Efficiency–A More-Preferred Mix of
Goods and Services
• Creative DestructionO 24.1
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On the Path to the Personal Computer and the Internet
• Technological Advance Clearly Evident in the Development of the Personal Computer and the Internet
• Can You Cite Evidence of Creative Destruction at Work Through the Time Period?
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Key Terms• technological advan
ce
• very long run
• invention
• patent
• innovation
• product innovation
• process innovation
• diffusion
• start-ups
• venture capital
• interest-rate cost-of-funds curve
• expected-rate-of-return curve
• optimal amount of R&D
• imitation problem
• fast-second strategy
• inverted-U theory of R&D
• creative destruction
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