Search for dissertations about: "spin-off"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the word spin-off.

  2. 1. Innovation outside: When spin-off firms and developer communities change the boundaries of the firm

    Author : Martin Wallin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; free and open source software; external venturing; organization of innovation; spin-off; Sweden; developer communities; resource-based theory of the firm; innovation outside; open innovation;

    Abstract : Few observers dispute that innovation is at the very heart of economic development and prosperity and a key determinant for the competitiveness of firms. Yet the literature has found it challenging to incorporate the boundary-spanning characteristic of innovation into the theory of the firm. READ MORE

  4. 2. Determinants of Entrepreneurial Processes : A Case Study of Technology-Based Spin-off Company Formations

    Author : Besrat Tesfaye; Lars Persson; Anders Lundström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; spin-off; technology-based; academic institutions; determinants of entrepreneurship; Other research area; Annat forskningsområde;

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  5. 3. The Economics of Technology-Related Ownership Changes. A study of innovativeness and growth through acquisitions and spin-offs

    Author : Åsa Lindholm; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; R D; innovativeness; quasi-integration; acquisition; entrepreneurs; integration; spin-off; technology-related; growth;

    Abstract : The study reported in this thesis describes and analyzes technology-related acquisitions and spin-offs. The basic idea is that an economic system where large and small firms interact through technology-related ownership changes is highly conducive to overall innovativeness and long-term growth, given certain conditions. READ MORE

  6. 4. Industrial Dynamics: A Multilevel Study of the Swedish IT Industry

    Author : Magnus Eriksson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; spin-off; start-up; imprinting; Sweden; information technology; organizational ecology; venture capital; industrial dynamics; industrial agglomeration; inertia;

    Abstract : The first Swedish information technology (IT) organizations were founded in the 1950s, but it was only in the early 1990s that the number of organizations in the IT industry started to grow. In the late 1990s, growth took off rapidly, peaking when the stock market bubble burst in March 2000. READ MORE

  7. 5. Networking the technology-based spin-off : the significance of historical relations

    Author : Mattias Johansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; networks; spin-offs; management; business model; entrepreneurship; opportunity;

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