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Technology, R&D, and Efficiency
Chapter 11W
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter Objectives
• Invention, innovation, and technological diffusion
• Furthering technological advance• Optimal amount of R&D• Benefits from innovation• Market structure and technological
advance• Technological advance and
efficiency 11W-2
Technological Advance
• Occurs in the very long run
• Occurs in response to incentives
• Arises from firm rivalry
• Firms seek new profit opportunities
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Invention-Innovation-Diffusion
• Three step process• Invention
–Patent• Innovation
–Product innovation–Process innovation
• Diffusion• Requires R&D expenditure
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U.S. R&D Expenditures
Source: National Science Foundation
BasicResearch
AppliedResearch
(invention)
4%
22%
74%
Development(innovation and
imitation)
Composition of business outlays 2006
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Source: National Science Foundation
0 1 2 3 4 5
R&D Expenditures
Total R&D expenditures as a percentageof GDP, 2006
Sweden
Japan
United States
Germany
France
Canada
United Kingdom
Italy
Russia11W-6
Role of Entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurs–Bear financial risk
• Other innovators• Forming start-ups• Innovating within existing firms• Anticipating the future• Exploiting university and
government scientific research11W-7
Firm’s Optimal R&D Amount
• Marginal benefit and marginal cost• Sources of funds
–Bank loans–Bonds–Retained earnings–Venture capital–Personal savings
• Interest-rate cost of funds • Expected-rate-of-return
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• Three important points
• Optimal vs. affordable R&D
• Expected, not guaranteed, returns
• Adjustments
Firm’s Optimal R&D Amount
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Increased Profits
• Increased revenue via product innovation–Importance of price
–Unsuccessful new products
–Product improvements
• Reduced cost via process innovation
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Increased Profits
To
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Units of Labor Units of Output
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Innovation increases TP 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 11W-13
Distribution of U.S. Patents
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Top 10 foreign countriesNumber of U.S. patents, 1963-2006
Japan (658,827)
Germany (295,110)
U.K. (123,371)
France (110,839)
Canada (77,594)
Taiwan (58,162)
Switzerland (52,201)
South Korea (44,125)
Italy (43,668)
Sweden (38,456)
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U.S. R&D Expenditures
1980 - 2006
Source: National Science Foundation
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Role of Market Structure
• Which type of market structure is best suited to technological advance–Pure competition–Monopolistic competition–Oligopoly–Pure monopoly
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Inverted-U Theory
More Competition Less Competition
0 25 75 10050Concentration Ratio (Percent)
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A “loose” oligopoly supports the optimum R&D spending 11W-17
Technological Advance and Efficiency
• Productive efficiency–Increasing productivity of inputs
• Allocative efficiency–A more-preferred mix of goods and
services
• Creative destruction
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Key Terms
• technological advance
• 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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The Demand For Resources
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