Knowledge Transfer Through Inheritance: Spin-Out Generation, Development, and Survival | Zendy

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Knowledge Transfer Through Inheritance: Spin-Out Generation, Development, and Survival

Author(s) -

Rajshree Agarwal,

Raj Echambadi,

April Franco,

MB Sarkar

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

academy of management journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 11.193

H-Index - 318

eISSN - 1948-0989

pISSN - 0001-4273

DOI - 10.5465/20159599

Subject(s) - inheritance (genetic algorithm) , knowledge management , knowledge transfer , technology transfer , psychology , process management , computer science , business , genetics , biology , gene

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.

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