We investigated how and when parent hostility (degree to which a parent firm disapproves the spawning of an own spin-out) affects spin-out performance and how spin-outs can effectively react to it. Analyses of 144 technology spin-outs support our arguments that spin-outs suffer from hostility....

This study examines how different organizational learning strategies (i.e., exploration or exploitation) impact the sales growth of technology spin-outs, and the role of the parent firm in this context. Using knowledge-based and learning views of the firm, we propose that spin-out performance...

This article reviews the theoretical background and cumulates findings of 126 published studies (1980 - 2009) on individual determinants of entrepreneurial status. We categorize determinants into one of six paradigms (trait, cognitive, affective, intentions, learning, and economic) and review...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to cumulate published empirical studies (1980-2009) on the relationship between individual variables and entrepreneurial status. The authors categorize repeatedly analyzed determinants into six perspectives (trait, cognitive, affective, intentions,...

Technologiebasierte Spin-offs aus öffentlichen Forschungseinrichtungen und privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen stellen wichtige Untergruppen junger, innovationsorientierter Unternehmen dar. In diesem Beitrag wird der aktuelle Stand empirischer Forschungsarbeiten bezüglich Einflussfaktoren der...

Inkubatoren unterstützen Neugründungen und junge Unternehmen beim Aufbau ihrer Geschäftstätigkeit. In diesem Beitrag wird auf Basis einer Stichprobe von 72 deutschen Inkubatoren eine Klassifizierung der Inkubatorlandschaft auf Basis ihrer Leistungsangebote vorgenommen. Anhand einer...

We investigated how and when parent hostility (degree to which a parent firm disapproves the spawning of an own spin-out) affects spin-out performance and how spin-outs can effectively react to it. Analyses of 144 technology spin-outs support our arguments that spin-outs suffer from hostility....