Knowledge Transfer through Congenital Learning: Spin-Out Generation, Growth and Survival
This paper examines the role of knowledge as a driver of an organization's formation, and as a subsequent source of its competitive advantage. We investigate the parent-progeny knowledge transfer relationship, and the impact of this congenital learning on the evolution and performance of a spin-out (an entrepreneurial venture by an ex-employee). Using data from the disk drive industry, we show that incumbent knowledge capabilities, related to technology and market pioneering, predict spin-out formation. Parent's capabilities at the time of spin-out founding positively affect spin-out knowledge capabilities, and result in spin-outs having higher probabilities of survival relative to other entrants.
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2002-01
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Authors: | Agarwal, Rajshree ; Echambadi, Raj ; Franco, April M. ; Sarkar, M. B. |
Institutions: | College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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