Centralization and Organization Reproduction: Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kerr, William R.
• 署名单位: Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2021.16070
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 1088-1109
• 关键词: invention; patents; R & D; immigration; centralization; organizational reproduction

摘要

We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities with little link to the inventor composition of their parent firms' research and development headquarters. For highly centralized firms, by contrast, organizational reproduction has an explanatory power equal to half or more of the host city effect. Reproduction is strongest when a firm exhibits a hands-on approach to the satellite facility, such as cross-facility team collaboration or internal talent mobility.