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Relationships Between MarketStructure and Innovation
ByPhilip Nelson
PrincipalEconomists Incorporated
February 20, 2002
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Innovation Is Critical Element of MarketPerformance: Dynamic Efficiencies Can
Swamp Static Inefficiencies
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Potential Relationships Between
Market Structure and Innovation Schumpeterian Hypothesis: Large firms
in concentrated markets are more likely to
support innovation. Innovation shapes market structure. Market Structure and innovation are
simultaneously shaped by underlyingmarket characteristics, such as innovativeopportunities and appropriability.
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There is some support for the
Schumpeterian Hypothesis
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Theoretical Support For
Schumpeterian Hypothesis A larger scale firm may benefit more from an
innovation (e.g., percentage cost reduction applied
to larger volume) A large diversified business may allow a firm to
capture more benefits from an innovation Large firms may be able to support a larger
portfolio of R&D efforts, increasing the likelihoodthat it will develop an improved product orprocess
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Theoretical Support ForSchumpeterian Hypothesis
Large firms may have scale advantages in theR&D process
Larger firms may be better-positioned to finance
large-scale R&D efforts Large firms may market innovations moreeffectively
However, theoretical research also indicates that a
monopolist can have less incentive to innovate Arrow (1962) shows that a competitor can profit more than a
monopolist from innovation Others have argued that large firms organizational structures may
deter innovative activity
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Empirical Evidence Related to theSchumpeterian Hypothesis
Some early studies for the United States and other leadingnations found a positive correlation betweenconcentration/firm size and a measure of innovation.
Some studies found non-linear relationships that suggestthat innovative activity increases with firmsize/concentration to some point, then levels off ordeclines.
However, these early studies employed simple models,used aggregated data, and did not always control forindustry effects.
Case studies show that a significant number of majorinventions came from smaller firms (firms without major
labs).
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Large Firms Fund Most R&D,But Small Firm R&D Has Been Increasing Faster
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Empirical Evidence Related to theSchumpeterian Hypothesis
More recent empirical work considers the possibility thatR&D intensity and market structure are both determinedby other market characteristics
Levin & Reiss (1984, 1988): Study R&D and Concentration insimultaneous equations models controlling for technicalopportunity and appropriability conditions using LOB and surveydata
Symeonidis (1996): Recent empirical work suggests that R&Dintensity and market structure are jointly determined bytechnology, the characteristics of demand, the institutionalframework, strategic interaction and chance.
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Innovation Can Affect
Market Structure
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Innovation May Lead To
Increased Concentration Patent protection and trade secrets can insulate
innovators, increasing concentration
Even without IP protection, innovators may beinsulated from competition Costs of duplicating unpatented new products can be
large (may exceed 50% of original innovation costs)
Network effects, learning, and other structuralcharacteristics of the market may insulate first movers
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Innovation May Also Reduce
Market Concentration Some studies have found that innovation can lead
to growth of smaller firms or entry
Other studies have found that innovative activityis associated with both higher and lower levels of concentration, depending on the nature of theR&D effort.
When R&D is focused on the development of new products, ittends to be associated with lower concentration
When R&D is focused on the development of new productionprocesses, it tends to be associated with higher levels of concentration
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Market Concentration andInnovation May Be
Simultaneously Shaped By
Fundamental MarketCharacteristics
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Innovation and Concentration
May Be Endogenous FM Scherer: [T]he market structure affecting
R&D decisions is not given, but endogenouslydetermined by technology and competition.
Inter-industry differences in technologicalopportunity appear to have much greater power inexplaining varying innovation intensities thandifferences in concentration.
As indicated above, richer data sets and morerecent theoretical work suggest the existence of complicated simultaneous relationships
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R&D Varies Across Industries:Sector R&D/ Total R&D
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Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Industrial Research and Development: 2000
Sector R&D Funds as a Percentage of Tota l Indus t r ia l R&D Fun ds , 2000
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R&D Varies Across Industries:Industry R&D/Manufacturing R&D
Indust ry R&D Funds as a Percentage of Manufact ur ing R&D Funds, 2000
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Compute r &Elec t ron icP r o d u c t s
Transpor ta t ionE q u i p m e n t
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p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s )
Mach in ery Elec tr i ca lEqu ipment ,
App l i ances &Componen t s
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Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Industrial Research and Development: 2000
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R&D Varies Across Industries: R&D/Sales
Resea rch & Deve lopmen t Funds a s a Pe rcen t age o f Sa l e s o f Manufac tu r ing Indus t r i e s , 2000
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Pharmaceut ica ls andm e d i c i n e s
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Machinery Elec tricalE q u i p m e n t ,
Appliances &Components
Other Manufacturing
Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Industrial Research and Development: 2000Table E-4 Domestic net sales of companies that performed industrial R&D in the U.S., by industry, by size of company: 2000
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Characteristics of Innovative Activity Types of R&D Vary: Product vs. Process & Basic
vs. Applied R&D Most R&D is Product R&D (Roughly 75% according
to some estimates) Basic R&D is a small percentage of R&D (Less than
5% according to some estimates) Universities, non-profits, and government labs play a
more significant role in basic R&D than in other R&D.
Cost of R&D Varies: Innovation can be expensive,especially during later stages. But, this varies acrossprojects and industries.
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Characteristics of Innovative Activity Funding Source Varies: Much innovative activity is
privately funded, although public funding plays animportant role in some R&D efforts.
Risk Varies: Successful innovation is not certainthere isoften a random component. Risk varies across projectsand over the lifecycle of an innovation.
Technical Opportunity Varies: Innovative opportunitiesvary across industries and over time. What has gone beforecontributes to what is possible today.
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Characteristics of Innovative Activity
Complementary Technology Varies:Introduction of a successful innovation mayrequire access to complementary capabilities orintellectual property. Supporting inventions maybe required before the original innovation istechnically or economically viable.
Industry Interfaces Vary: Inventions by oneindustry often must be accepted by anotherindustry before consumers benefit. Indeed, studieshave shown that innovative ideas often come fromoutside of the firm that implemented them.
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Characteristics of Innovative Activity
Technical Challenges Vary: The challengesposed by the innovative process vary over the life
cycle of an innovation, which implies that thecapabilities needed to clear the hurdles at differentstages of the process differ.
Appropriability Varies: Innovations vary withrespect to the costs others would incur to replicatethe invention and/or take advantage of it.
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Conclusions
Empirical work is complicated There are several related endogenous variables Need to control for changes in demand
Need correct lags (innovation may be pulled by lagged demandand theory implies that historical profits support increasedinnovation)
Nonetheless, economists have learned much. There does not appear to be a simple relationship between
innovation and market concentration: Market concentrationand innovative activity are both the product of a number of economic relationships that vary across marketenvironments.