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The spin-along approach: ambidextrous corporate venturing management

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  • Theresa Michl
  • Bernhard Gold
  • Arnold Picot

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The spin-along approach is a combination of internal and external corporate venturing elements and its goal is to support corporations' innovative performance. We argue that corporations can successfully implement spin-along approaches in their organisation by means of ambidextrous corporate venturing. The results from four case studies reveal that corporations must apply complementary ambidexterity's antecedents to use spin-along as a deliberate exploring and exploiting tool to achieve higher innovative performance. Managing spin-alongs requires a coordinating and moderating management layer between the parent firm and the spin-alongs; this layer requires entrepreneurial as well as ambidextrous skills. Propositions are developed on the basis of the case study results, and are illustrated in a conceptual framework.

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  • Theresa Michl & Bernhard Gold & Arnold Picot, 2012. "The spin-along approach: ambidextrous corporate venturing management," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 15(1), pages 39-56.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:15:y:2012:i:1:p:39-56
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    1. Richard A. Hunt & David M. Townsend & Elham Asgari & Daniel A. Lerner, 2019. "Bringing It All Back Home: Corporate Venturing and Renewal Through Spin-ins," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 43(6), pages 1166-1193, November.
    2. Rohrbeck, René & Kum, Menes Etingue, 2018. "Corporate foresight and its impact on firm performance: A longitudinal analysis," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 105-116.
    3. Lysander Weiss & Dominik Kanbach, 2022. "Toward an integrated framework of corporate venturing for organizational ambidexterity as a dynamic capability," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 72(4), pages 1129-1170, December.
    4. Benazzouz Nizar M., 2019. "Innovator’s Dilemma: Review of the Main Responses to Disruptive Innovation," Journal of Intercultural Management, Sciendo, vol. 11(1), pages 105-124, March.
    5. Benjamin Dietz & Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß, 2017. "Beyond a One-Size-Fits-All Explanation for Reacquisitions – A Cluster-based Analysis of Reacquisition Motives and Their Influence on the Involved Firms," Schmalenbach Business Review, Springer;Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft, vol. 18(1), pages 1-28, February.

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