Executive teams in research-based spin-off companies: an empirical analysis of executive team characteristics, strategy, and performance
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST O F FIGURES XI
LIST O F TABLES XIII
LIST O F ABBREVIATIONS XVII
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 RELEVANCE O F THE SUBJECT 1
1.2 STUDY OBJECTIVE 3
1.3 STRUCTURE O F THE THESIS 6
2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH GAP 9
2.1 OVERVIEW O F EXISTING DEFINITIONS 9
2.2 TYPOLOGIES O F ACADEMIC SPIN-OFTS 12
2.3 DEFINITION O F THE TARGET GROUP 14
2.4 SCOPE O F PRIOR STUDIES 15
2.5 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 16
2.6 PERFORMANCE IN RESEARCH-BASED SPIN-OFFS 17
2.7 BOUNDARIES O F THE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND MANAGEMENT TEAM 19
2.8 PREVIOUS FINDINGS ABOUT EXECUTIVES IN RESEARCH-BASED SPIN-OFFS 22
2.9 CONCLUSION AND RESEARCH GAP 25
3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 3 5
3.1 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 35
3.2 STRATEGIC CONTENT AND PROCESS RESEARCH 36
3.3 STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 4 0
3.4 UPPER ECHELONS THEORY 4 3
3.5 INTENDED CONTRIBUTION 4 7
4 RESEARCH MODEL 4 9
4.1 EXAMINED RELATIONSHIPS 4 9
4.2 LINK BETWEEN EXECUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 52
4.2.1 RESOURCE-BASED VIEW AND HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY 52
4.2.2 HYPOTHESES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS 55
4.3 LINK BETWEEN STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 61
4.3.1 STRATEGY MAKING MODES 61
4.3.2 HYPOTHESES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS 62
4.3.2.1 FORMAL AND INFORMAL STRATEGY MAKING 6 3
4.3.2.2 ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY MAKING 65
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TABLE O F CONTENTS
4.4 EXECUTIVE TEAM CHARACTERISTICS AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 6 9
4.4.1 EFFECTUATION AND CAUSATION THEORY 70
4.4.2 HYPOTHESES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS 72
4.5 LINK BETWEEN FIRM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND STRATEGIC DECISION
MAKING 7 8
4.5.1 LIFE-CYCLE THEORY AND STAGE-BASED MODELS 78
4.5.2 HYPOTHESES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS 8 0
5 PRELIMINARY STUDY AND MAIN SURVEY 8 5
5.1 PRELIMINARY STUDY AND POPULATION 85
5.1.1 DATA COLLECTION 85
5.1.2 DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW 86
5.2 MAIN SURVEY AND DATA COLLECTION 9 8
5.2.1 SAMPLE SELECTION 9 8
5.2.2 SURVEY INSTRUMENT 9 9
5.2.3 DATA COLLECTION PROCESS 101
5.2.4 OVERVIEW O F THE SAMPLE 102
5.2.5 REPRESENTATIVENESS 103
6 OPERATIONALISATION AND DATA ANALYSIS 107
6.1 MEASURES 107
6.1.1 EXECUTIVE TEAM CHARACTERISTICS 108
6.1.2 STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 109
6.1.3 F IRM PERFORMANCE 114
6.1.4 FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY 115
6.2 DATA ANALYSIS 117
7 EMPIRICAL
RESULTS.
121
7.1 LINK BETWEEN EXECUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 121
7.1.1 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY O F PERFORMANCE MEASURES 123
7.1.2 PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 125
7.1.3 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 130
7.1.4 HETEROGENEITY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 132
7.1.5 COMPOSITION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 134
7.1.6 GENERAL ATTRIBUTES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 136
7.1.7 OVERVIEW O F EXECUTIVE TEAM CHARACTERISTICS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
136
7.2 LINK BETWEEN STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 138
7.2.1 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 138
7.2.2 FUTURITY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 141
, 7.2.3 FLEXIBILITY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 143
7.2.4 EXPERIMENTATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 145
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7.2.5 PARTNERING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 146
7.2.6 INNOVATIVENESS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 148
7.2.7 PROACTIVENESS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 151
7.2.8 RISK-TAKING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 153
7.2.9 COMPETITIVE AGGRESSIVENESS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 155
7.2.10 AUTONOMY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 157
7.2.11 OVERVIEW O F STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 159
7.3 LINK BETWEEN EXECUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING
160
7.3.1 PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 160
7.3.2 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 166
7.3.3 HETEROGENEITY AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 168
7.3.4 COMPOSITION AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 170
7.3.5 GENERAL ATTRIBUTES AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 175
7.3.6 OVERVIEW O F EXECUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND STRATEGIC DECISION
MAKING 177
7.4 LINK BETWEEN FIRM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND STRATEGIC DECISION
MAKING 179
7.4.1 COMPANY MATURITY AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 179
7.4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 182
7.4.3 TECHNOLOGY BASE AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 187
7.4.4 OVERVIEW O F FIRM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND STRATEGIC DECISION
MAKING .191
7.5 INTEGRATED MODELS 192
7.5.1 DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS 192
7.5.2 STRATEGIC DECISION PROCESSES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 194
7.5.3 ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES O F STRATEGIC DECISION PROCESSES 196
8 DISCUSSION 203
8.1 OVERVIEW O F THE FINDINGS 203
8.1.1 EXECUTIVES CHARACTERISTICS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 203
8.1.2 STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 208
8.1.3 EXECUTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 210
8.1.4 FIRM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 216
8.2 IMPLICATIONS 219
8.2.1 IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCHERS 219
8.2.2 IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTITIONERS 225
8.3 LIMITATIONS 227
8.4 SUMMARY AND FINAL CONCLUSIONS 228
APPENDICES 231
REFERENCES 261 |
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title_full | Executive teams in research-based spin-off companies an empirical analysis of executive team characteristics, strategy, and performance Rigo Tietz. Foreword by Michael Schefczyk |
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