Spinoffs versus buyouts: Profitability of alternate routes for commercializing innovations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2043-2052

  Rubera, Gaia ^a   Tellis, Gerard J ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; innovation; management buyouts; R D and marketing investments; radicalness; spinoffs

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; MARKETING;

AGENCY THEORY; ALTERNATE ROUTES; MANAGEMENT BUYOUT; RADICALNESS; SPINOFFS;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84912012519     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2206     Document Type: Article

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