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Incomplete Adoption of a Superior Innovation

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  • LAPAN, HARVEY E
  • Moschini, GianCarlo

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We consider a model in which an innovating monopolist of a technologically superior intermediate input must sell this product to final output producers. Prior research shows that, with complete information, the monopolist's optimal strategy will lead to complete adoption of this technologically superior innovation. In this paper we show that, when the price of some competitively supplied input used in the final product market is endogenous and is altered by adoption of the innovation, then the optimal pricing strategy of the monopolist may lead to incomplete innovation. Thus, the conclusion of complete adoption of the superior technology is partly attributable to the partial equilibrium nature of prior models.

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  • LAPAN, HARVEY E & Moschini, GianCarlo, 1999. "Incomplete Adoption of a Superior Innovation," ISU General Staff Papers 199908010700001324, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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