Collective invention

Robert C. Allen

doi:10.1016/0167-2681(83)90023-9

Collective invention

Robert C. Allen

Economics

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This paper argues that many new production techniques have been developed by a process called 'collective invention'. When firms collectively invent, they make available to their competitors the results of new plant designs so that their competitors can incorporate extensions of those designs into new facilities they build. The paper analyses the implications of this behavior for the rate and bias of technical change and discusses reasons why this behavior might occur.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-24
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2681(83)90023-9
State	Published - Mar 1983

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Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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