Organizational change and the dynamics of innovation: Formal R&D structure and intrafirm inventor networks

Nicholas Argyres, Luis A. Rios, Brian S. Silverman · 2020 · Strategic Management Journal

Summary. Centralizing R&D budget authority in diversified firms increases connections between internal inventors, leading to broader innovation that spans more technologies. Decentralization does not reverse this effect. The paper shows that formal organizational structure influences innovation outcomes through changes in inventor collaboration networks, though organizational inertia creates time lags in these effects.

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  title   = {Organizational change and the dynamics of innovation: Formal R&D structure and intrafirm inventor networks},
  author  = {Nicholas Argyres and Luis A. Rios and Brian S. Silverman},
  journal = {Strategic Management Journal},
  year    = {2020},
  doi     = {10.1002/smj.3217},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3217}
}

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DOI

10.1002/smj.3217

Countries

United States, Canada

Regions

North America

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28