Contractual Implications of International Trade in Tacit Knowledge

Pedro Mendi

No 11/04, Faculty Working Papers from School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra

Abstract: This paper searches for evidence on the additional difficulty the parties have in contracting for the transfer of know-how relative to the transfer of patented technology. There is empirical evidence, drawn from a sample of contracts for the acquisition of technology by Spanish firms in 1991, that contracts scheduled to last shorter are less likely to include the transfer of know-how. It is also found that technical assistance is bundled together with the transfer of know-how, so as to mitigate opportunistic behavior on the sellers side.

JEL-codes: K12 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2004-05-01
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Published, Applied Economics, 2007, vol. 39: pp. 1173-1183

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