Title
Knowledge transfer through inheritance: Spinout generation, development, and survival
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
ISSN
0001-4273
Recommended Citation
"Knowledge transfer through inheritance: Spinout generation, development, and survival" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2584.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2584