Samira was one of my dearest doctoral students. She and her wonderful husband Damien and their children give me joy. So it is a source of particular pride and joy – to have a co-authored article with them! See – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mde.3320
The organizational choice of mode of technology transfer: Theory and application to the genetically modified plant industry
Abstract
The objective of the present paper is to identify the determinants of the form of collaboration initiated between an upstream innovator and a downstream producer in order to incorporate a new input and commercialize an innovation consisting of a quality enhanced final product, with an empirical application to the genetically modified (GM) plant industry. The choice of upstream firm between license, joint venture, merger, or a subsidiary is modeled as a function of three parameters: degree of quality improvement engendered by the new input, the market share of the downstream producer, and the capability of the downstream producer to incorporate the new input and commercialize it successfully.
