search query: @instructor Parhankangas, Annaleena / total: 10
reference: 5 / 10
« previous | next »
Author:Kuusela, Pasi
Title:Innovativeness and performance of Finnish corporate spin-offs in knowledge-based industries
Suomalaisten yrityspohjaisten spin-off-yritysten innovatiivisuus ja menestyminen tietointensiivisillä toimialoilla
Publication type:Master's thesis
Publication year:2006
Pages:101+      Language:   eng
Department/School:Tuotantotalouden osasto
Main subject:Yritysstrategia ja kansainvälinen liiketoiminta   (TU-91)
Supervisor:Parhankangas, Annaleena
Instructor:Parhankangas, Annaleena ; Lehtoranta, Olavi
OEVS:
Electronic archive copy is available via Aalto Thesis Database.
Instructions

Reading digital theses in the closed network of the Aalto University Harald Herlin Learning Centre

In the closed network of Learning Centre you can read digital and digitized theses not available in the open network.

The Learning Centre contact details and opening hours: https://learningcentre.aalto.fi/en/harald-herlin-learning-centre/

You can read theses on the Learning Centre customer computers, which are available on all floors.

Logging on to the customer computers

  • Aalto University staff members log on to the customer computer using the Aalto username and password.
  • Other customers log on using a shared username and password.

Opening a thesis

  • On the desktop of the customer computers, you will find an icon titled:

    Aalto Thesis Database

  • Click on the icon to search for and open the thesis you are looking for from Aaltodoc database. You can find the thesis file by clicking the link on the OEV or OEVS field.

Reading the thesis

  • You can either print the thesis or read it on the customer computer screen.
  • You cannot save the thesis file on a flash drive or email it.
  • You cannot copy text or images from the file.
  • You cannot edit the file.

Printing the thesis

  • You can print the thesis for your personal study or research use.
  • Aalto University students and staff members may print black-and-white prints on the PrintingPoint devices when using the computer with personal Aalto username and password. Color printing is possible using the printer u90203-psc3, which is located near the customer service. Color printing is subject to a charge to Aalto University students and staff members.
  • Other customers can use the printer u90203-psc3. All printing is subject to a charge to non-University members.
Location:P1 Ark Aalto     | Archive
Keywords:corporate spin-off
innovation management
Abstract (eng):Corporate spin-offs offer a possibility to combine the advantages of small entrepreneurial organizations and have an access to the parent firm's resource base when commercializing innovations.
Founding conditions within the parent firm can have an impact on the future performance and innovativeness of spin-offs.
This study applies the resource based theory to identify such parent firm related factors.
The analyzed factors include prior performance, innovativeness, autonomy, relatedness, social capital, spin-off motives, transferred resources, parent's share of ownership and post-spin-off operational linkages between the spin-off and the parent firm.

The primary data for this study was collected in a survey sent to the CEOs or founders of 118 firms that were confirmed spin-offs.
Of these 57 responded.

Corporate spin-off firms seem to perform slightly better than the median firms in the industry.
Nearly 80 percent of the spin-offs have a formal relationship with the parent 2-4 years after the separation.
However, vast majority of them do not share resources with the parent firm.
Spin-offs receive a higher share of their revenue from new products after the separation and use a higher share of their revenue on R&D activities.

Both innovativeness and performance seem to improve after the separation from the parent.
The spin-off decision seems to be more beneficial for projects that do not success well within the parent firm.
Empirical results of the study show that the prior inventiveness is associated positively with post-spin-off innovation activities.
The results imply the existence of several relationships between founding conditions and post-spin-off success but most of them failed to come across the statistically significant level.
However, our results indicate that the prior distribution and marketing relatedness is associated positively with overall innovativeness and the production and technology relatedness to improvements in innovativeness.
ED:2006-06-26
INSSI record number: 32082
+ add basket
« previous | next »
INSSI