R&D, organization structure, and the development of corporate technological knowledge
研究了企业选择集中式还是分散式研发结构对创新类型的影响，发现集中式研发能产生更大更广的技术影响，但对搜索广度的影响结果不一。
Abstract We explore the link between a firm's organization of research—specifically, its choice to operate a centralized or decentralized R&D structure—and the type of innovation it produces. We propose that by reducing the internal transaction costs associated with R&D coordination across units, centralized R&D will generate innovations that have a larger and broader impact on subsequent technological evolution than will decentralized research. We also propose that, by facilitating more distant (‘capabilities‐broadening’) search, centralized R&D will generate innovations that draw on a wider range of technologies. Our empirical results provide support for our predictions concerning impact, and mixed results for our predictions concerning breadth of search. We also find that control over research budgets complements direct authority relations in contributing to innovative impact. We propose several extensions of this research. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.