Landoni, Matteo; Ogilvie, Dt - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 8 (2022) 3, pp. 1-17
A spin-out happens when an employee quits a company to start a new venture; however, theories do not agree on whether … the "spin-out entrepreneur" will start the company in the same or in a different industry. We investigated a sample of 250 … entrepreneurs and 120 spin-out companies to understand what led an entrepreneur or a group of founders to enter a new industry. Our …