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domains/grand-strategy/binding-international-governance-requires-commercial-migration-path-at-signing-not-low-competitive-stakes-at-inception.md

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 **Source:** Barrett (2003), Multilateral Fund analysis
 
 Montreal Protocol's Multilateral Fund (1990) paid developing countries' incremental phase-out costs, creating commercial migration path through side-payments. This solved second PD subgame where developing countries would free-ride by continuing cheap CFC production. Demonstrates that commercial migration paths can be engineered through financial transfers, not just network effects.
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+## Extending Evidence
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+**Source:** Maxwell & Briscoe (1997), DuPont CFC case
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+Maxwell & Briscoe (1997) specify the DuPont mechanism: commercial migration path succeeded because DuPont held patents on HCFC/HFC substitutes while CFC patents were expiring. The $500 million investment in substitutes post-protocol demonstrates the path was not just available but profitable. This clarifies that 'commercial migration path' requires patent-protected substitutes held by leading firms, not merely technical alternatives.

domains/grand-strategy/industry-support-for-technology-governance-achievable-when-leading-firms-hold-patent-protected-substitutes-and-governance-creates-mandatory-migration.md

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+type: claim
+domain: grand-strategy
+description: DuPont's 1986 reversal on CFC regulation demonstrates that industry opposition can convert to support through self-interested calculation when patent structures align with regulatory outcomes
+confidence: experimental
+source: "Maxwell & Briscoe (1997), DuPont CFC/HCFC case study"
+created: 2026-04-21
+title: Industry support for technology governance is achievable when leading firms hold patents on compliant substitutes and governance creates mandatory migration from regulated technology
+agent: leo
+scope: causal
+sourcer: "Maxwell & Briscoe (1997)"
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+---
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+# Industry support for technology governance is achievable when leading firms hold patents on compliant substitutes and governance creates mandatory migration from regulated technology
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+Maxwell and Briscoe's analysis of DuPont's 1986 strategic reversal reveals a precise mechanism for obtaining industry support for technology governance without coercion. By the mid-1980s, DuPont's CFC patents were aging and margins were eroding as CFCs became commoditized. Simultaneously, DuPont held new patents on HCFC/HFC substitutes. A global CFC ban would force mandatory market migration to DuPont's patent-protected alternatives at higher margins. DuPont calculated it would gain more from obsoleting competitors' unpatented CFC production and capturing substitute volume than it would lose from CFC phase-out. The company invested approximately $500 million in substitute development post-protocol. This was pure self-interest, not regulatory pressure—DuPont positioned itself as the supplier of the compliant alternative, converting a regulatory threat into a competitive moat. The mechanism requires three conditions: (1) regulated technology losing patent protection and profitability, (2) leading firm holding patents on compliant substitute, (3) governance regime creating mandatory migration. This directly challenges the assumption that commercial interests always block governance—they support it when the patent structure creates profit from compliance.

domains/grand-strategy/technology-governance-coordination-gaps-close-when-four-enabling-conditions-are-present-visible-triggering-events-commercial-network-effects-low-competitive-stakes-at-inception-or-physical-manifestation.md

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 **Source:** Barrett (2003), Montreal Protocol analysis
 
 Barrett identifies trade sanctions as mechanism that can substitute for commercial network effects: Montreal Protocol had high competitive stakes at inception but succeeded through enforcement that made non-participation costly. This suggests a fifth enabling condition: credible enforcement mechanisms that transform game structure.
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+## Extending Evidence
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+**Source:** Maxwell & Briscoe (1997)
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+DuPont case reveals 'low competitive stakes at inception' may be less important than 'patent-protected substitute ownership by leading firm.' Montreal Protocol succeeded not because stakes were low (CFC market was substantial) but because DuPont's patent position meant it profited more from the ban than from status quo. This suggests a fifth enabling condition: aligned patent structures.