Bringing It All Back Home: Corporate Venturing and Renewal Through Spin-ins
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2019
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More often than not, corporate acquisitions are expensive and difficult, especially those transacted for the purpose of advancing the aims of corporate entrepreneurship (CE). Motivated by frequent, high-cost failures, firms are experimenting with novel organizational structures and fresh approaches to acquisition-driven CE. In this study, we examine the effectiveness of corporate spin-ins—acquisitions in which the acquired company is founded by former employees of the acquiring firm—in resolving key challenges of CE-motivated acquisitions Using a matched pairwise dataset of spin-in and non-spin-in acquisitions, we discover that spin-ins generate superior outcomes, positioning them as a high-potential facet of CE portfolios.
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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 2019, Vol. 43(6) 1166–1193
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Corporate entrepreneurship, Corporate venturing, Spin-ins, Acquisitions, M&A