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Input production joint venture
| Content Provider | EconStor |
|---|---|
| Author | Rossini, Gianpaolo Vergari, Cecilia |
| Abstract | In many industries it is quite common to observe firms delegating the production of essential inputs to independent ventures jointly established with competing rivals. The diffusion of this arrangement and the favourable stance of competition authorities call for the assessment of the social and private desirability of Input Production Joint Ventures (IPJV), which represent a form of input production cooperation, not investigated so far. IPJV can be seen as an intermediate organizational setting lying between the two extremes of vertical integration and vertical separation. Our investigation is based on an oligopoly model with horizontally differentiated goods. We characterize the conditions under which IPJV is privately optimal finding that firms' incentives may be welfare detrimental. We also provide a rationale for the empirical relevance of IPJV both in terms of its ability to survive and in terms of disengagement incentives. |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) |
| Publisher Date | 2009-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Milano |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
| Subject Keyword | Input Production Joint Venture Horizontal Differentiation Oligopoly Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
