Title

Knowledge transfer through inheritance: Spinout generation, development, and survival

Authors

Authors

R. Agarwal; R. Echambadi; A. M. Franco;M. B. Sarkar

Abbreviated Journal Title

Acad. Manage. J.

Keywords

RADICAL PRODUCT INNOVATION; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY; TECHNOLOGICAL; INNOVATION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MARKET ENTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; START-UPS; PERFORMANCE; FIRM; Business; Management

Abstract

We investigated how the knowledge capabilities of industry incumbents affected the generation, development, and performance of "spin-outs" (entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees). Analyses of 1977-97 data from the disk drive industry supported our hypothesis that incumbents with both strong technological and market pioneering know-how generate fewer spin-outs than firms with strength in only one of these areas. Also, an incumbent's capabilities at the time of a spin-out's founding positively affect the spin-out's knowledge capabilities and its probability of survival.

Journal Title

Academy of Management Journal

Volume

47

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Review

Language

English

First Page

501

Last Page

522

WOS Identifier

WOS:000223566400004

ISSN

0001-4273

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