Research Article

A Horizontal Competition-Cooperation Game of Technological Innovation in an Automobile Cluster Supply Chain

Table 1

List of symbols.

SymbolDescription

Automobile manufacturer product,
Alternative levels of products, namely, competition intensity ()
Production cost of automobile manufacturers
The marginal production cost of automobile manufacturers
The R&D investment cost of new products
The cost reduction caused by technological innovation
Coefficient of technology spillover,
Technical content of product ,
Technical content of new products in cooperation development
Share of R&D investment undertaken by automobile manufacturer
The increased competitive extent caused by cooperative research and development
The sensitive coefficient of new products’ technical content, namely, consumption preference for technical content,
Basic demand for entire automobile manufacturers,
Demand for automobile manufacturers
Market price
Wholesale price
The profit of automobile manufacturer
The total profit of automobile manufacturers
The profit of automobile dealer