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Entrepreneurial origin, technological knowledge, and the growth of spin-off companies

Bart Clarysse (UGent) , Mike Wright (UGent) and Els Van de Velde (UGent)
(2011) JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. 48(6). p.1420-1442
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We contribute to the literature on corporate spin-offs and university spin-offs by exploring how different characteristics in the technological knowledge base at start-up influence spin-off performance. We investigate how the technological knowledge characteristics endowed at start-up predict growth, taking into account whether the knowledge/technology is transferred from a corporation or university. We use a novel, hand-collected dataset involving 48 corporate and 73 university spin-offs, comprising the population of spin-offs in Flanders during 1991-2002. We find corporate spin-offs grow most if they start with a specific narrow-focused technology sufficiently distinct from the technical knowledge base of the parent company and which is tacit. University spin-offs benefit from a broad technology which is transferred to the spin-off. Novelty of the technical knowledge does not play a role in corporate spin-offs, but has a negative impact in university spin-offs unless universities have an experienced technology transfer office to support the spin-off.
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START-UPS, ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY, MODERATING ROLE, FIRMS, PERFORMANCE, CORPORATE, MARKET, STRATEGIES, VENTURE, COMMERCIALIZATION

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MLA
Clarysse, Bart, et al. “Entrepreneurial Origin, Technological Knowledge, and the Growth of Spin-off Companies.” JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, vol. 48, no. 6, 2011, pp. 1420–42, doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00991.x.
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Clarysse, B., Wright, M., & Van de Velde, E. (2011). Entrepreneurial origin, technological knowledge, and the growth of spin-off companies. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 48(6), 1420–1442. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00991.x
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Clarysse, Bart, Mike Wright, and Els Van de Velde. 2011. “Entrepreneurial Origin, Technological Knowledge, and the Growth of Spin-off Companies.” JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 48 (6): 1420–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00991.x.
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Clarysse, Bart, Mike Wright, and Els Van de Velde. 2011. “Entrepreneurial Origin, Technological Knowledge, and the Growth of Spin-off Companies.” JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 48 (6): 1420–1442. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00991.x.
Vancouver
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Clarysse B, Wright M, Van de Velde E. Entrepreneurial origin, technological knowledge, and the growth of spin-off companies. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. 2011;48(6):1420–42.
IEEE
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B. Clarysse, M. Wright, and E. Van de Velde, “Entrepreneurial origin, technological knowledge, and the growth of spin-off companies,” JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1420–1442, 2011.
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00991.x}},
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