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

• Authors: Hydle Katja Maria , Meland Kjerst Vikse
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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; korporacyjny spin-off; klienci; dostawcy; praktyki; ogólne rozumienie

• Publisher: Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedze i Naukę "Cognitione" / Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University
• Journal: Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 51-68

Contributors

author

Hydle Katja Maria

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Meland Kjerst Vikse

Identifiers

DOI

10.7341/20161243