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International Corporate Entrepreneurship With Born Global Spin-Along Ventures — A Cross-Case Analysis Of Telekom Innovation Laboratories' Venture Portfolio

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  • SARAH MAHDJOUR

    (Telekom Innovation Laboratories, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, 10587 Berlin, Germany;
    Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany)

  • SEBASTIAN FISCHER

    (Telekom Innovation Laboratories, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, 10587 Berlin, Germany;
    Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany)

Abstract

This study investigates a special kind of corporate ventures, so called spin-along ventures, and their motivations to internationalise early. Insights are built from a multiple case study approach, investigating the spin-along program of Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs). Our results show that early internationalisation can avoid or reduce challenges that spin-alongs face when entering the domestic market. Four major motivations for early internationalisation could be identified: (1) avoid termination based on the parent's perceived threat of cannibalisation of existing products, (2) enable a venture's collaboration with competitors, (3) overcome restrictions of parental assets in the domestic market, and (4) address markets that offer greater chances for success than the domestic market does. Based on our findings we derive concrete implications for practitioners and academics in the field of innovation management.

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  • Sarah Mahdjour & Sebastian Fischer, 2014. "International Corporate Entrepreneurship With Born Global Spin-Along Ventures — A Cross-Case Analysis Of Telekom Innovation Laboratories' Venture Portfolio," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(03), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:18:y:2014:i:03:n:s1363919614400076
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919614400076
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    1. Rohrbeck, Rene & Döhler, Mario & Arnold, Heinrich M., 2007. "Combining spin-out and spin-in activities – the spin-along approach," MPRA Paper 5563, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Sascha Kraus & Alexander Brem & Miriam Schuessler & Felix Schuessler & Thomas Niemand, 2019. "Innovative Born Globals: Investigating the Influence of Their Business Models on International Performance," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Alexander Brem & Joe Tidd & Tugrul Daim (ed.), Managing Innovation Internationalization of Innovation, chapter 11, pages 275-328, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    2. 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.

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