Research Article

Bargaining in Patent Licensing Negotiations under Stochastic Environments: An Experimental Study

Table 2

Mann-Whitney tests of differences among treatments.

VariablesWithin-subjectBetween-subject
Low-risk market
One- versus two-licensee
High-risk market
One- versus two-licensee
One-licensee
Low- versus high-risk
Two-licensee
Low- versus high-risk

Offer3.250 [0.001]a3.477 [0.000]a−1.021 [0.307]b−0.832 [0.406]b
WTA2.117 [0.017]a3.477 [0.000]a−3.780 [0.000]a−2.721 [0.003]a
Accept offer
/1st accepted
/2nd accepted
2.721 [0.003]a
/2.948 [0.003]a
/1.285 [0.199]b
/3.402 [0.000]a
/3.402 [0.000]a
/2.419 [0.007]a
−0.378 [0.705]b−0.378 [0.705]b
/−1.285 [0.199]b
/0.680 [0.496]b
Acceptance rate
/1st accepted
/2nd accepted
3.704 [0.000]a
/−1.550 [0.121]b
/2.797 [0.003]a
3.327 [0.000]a
/−1.739 [0.082]b
/2.721 [0.003]a
0.454 [0.650]b1.436 [0.151]b
/0.076 [0.939]b
/1.096 [0.273]b
Payoffs
 Licensee1.587 [0.112]b1.172 [0.241]b0.151 [0.880]b1.360 [0.174]b
 Licensor2.267 [0.012]a2.230 [0.013]a0.529 [0.597]b1.209 [0.226]b

Note: Numbers in brackets are P values of Manny-Whitnet U test.
adenotes one-tailed test; bdenotes two-tailed test.