From: Extending the role of headquarters beyond the firm boundary: entrepreneurial alliance innovation
Panel A: CHQ functions and characteristics | ||||||||
At CHQ in initial year | At CHQ in final year | |||||||
Functions/characteristics | Yes | No | % Total | Yes | No | % Total | ||
R&D Function | 19 | 17 | 53% | 14 | 22 | 39% | ||
Legal Function | 32 | 4 | 89% | 29 | 7 | 81% | ||
Manufacturing Function | 24 | 12 | 67% | 34 | 2 | 94% | ||
Largest | 25 | 11 | 69% | 21 | 15 | 58% | ||
Acquired | 1 | 35 | 3% | 14 | 22 | 39% | ||
Foreign-Based | 11 | 25 | 31% | N/A | N/A | |||
Panel B: CHQ spatial design | ||||||||
CHQ relocations | HQ units in initial year | HQ units in final year | ||||||
Count | Firms | % Total | Count | Firms | % Total | Count | Firms | % Total |
0 | 11 | 30% | 1 | 31 | 86% | 1 | 23 | 64% |
1 | 13 | 36% | 2 | 4 | 11% | 2 | 6 | 17% |
2 | 5 | 14% | 3 | 1 | 3% | 3 | 4 | 11% |
3 | 5 | 14% | 4 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0% |
4 | 1 | 3% | 5 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 1 | 3% |
5 | 1 | 3% | 6 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 1 | 3% |
7 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0% | |||
8 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 1 | 3% |