Should research be shared between subsidiaries?

[ohms_law]

I like the idea of subsidiaries, but I find myself only ever making 1 with all of my retail stores in it.

The main issue with subsidiaries tends to be managing technology. If I put factories, service firms, or software companies, etc... into a subsidiary then I have to manage technology sharing between the two. That's perfectly doable of course, but it's an added layer of micromanagement, and I don't feel that there's much to gain there.

Of course, you can put the R&D together with the subsidiary, but they suck up a lot of money, so that can create issues as well.

Shouldn't subsidiaries of the same company automatically have access to the same tech?
Or, at least, shouldn't there be an option to share IP among subsidiaries?

[mohmaaytah]

Good idea, I suggest you start a poll with this suggestion.

I see multiple ways this could be done; all technologies, all technologies in a group, selected technologies.

[ohms_law]

Yeah. I'm not a big fan of the polls, but that's the way it works here. C'est la vie

I came back here because I'm microing a bunch of tech stuff between subsidiaries, and it's a big pain.
I've started a poll thread.