There are two choices of new technology to innovate. Why more firms choose to innovate the...
There are two choices of new technology to innovate. Why more firms choose to innovate the technology that has a higher fixed cost and a lower marginal cost after joining the trade union?
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Fixed cost is mainly the initial cost of installing a new technology. Installing a new technology involves significant costs and a firm which has joined a union faces much higher resistance from the union to install new technologies. This is because unions generally have apprehensions to change in technology. So, the firm focuses more on innovating on the technology already installed.
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