Supplying Spin-Offs: Collaboration Practices in the Perpetuation of an Organizaton

Katja Maria Hydle () and Kjerst Vikse Meland ()
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Katja Maria Hydle: International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Oslo Science Park
Kjerst Vikse Meland: Polytec

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 2016, vol. 12, issue 4, 51-68

Abstract: This paper focuses on the collaboration practices between spin-offs and their customers and suppliers. With empirical material from seven cases of incumbentbacked spin-offs, we find that suppliers are highly involved in the development of the innovation that spin-offs are based upon and specifically, the practices of understanding customers, identifying a market gap and collaborating with suppliers. We contribute to the spin-off literature by revealing which activities are at play for successful spin-offs, and we contribute to practice theory by empirically uncovering the general understandings in the perpetuation of an organization and the nets between the spin-offs and their suppliers.

Keywords: corporate spin-offs; customers; suppliers; practices; general understandings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.7341/20161243

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