Speciation through entrepreneurial spin-off: The Acorn-ARM story

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-224

  Garnsey, Elizabeth ^a   Lorenzoni, Gianni ^b   Ferriani, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parent progeny; Spin off; Technological innovation; Technological speciation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

MARKET DOMAINS; TECHNOLOGICAL SPECIATION;

INNOVATION;

EID: 39549097950     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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