The allocation of resource control within the corporate structure: evidence from post-acquisition patent reassignments

• Main Authors: Devarakonda, Shivaram V., Goossen, Martin C., Mulotte, Louis
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Business and Management; Centralization of control; Multiunit firms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182564
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research Summary: This study explores the decision to centralize control over technological resources. We posit that opportunity costs arising from the firm's administrative structure impact this choice. These opportunity costs stem from differences in identifying and evaluating opportunity set...