Hill, Susan A. and Birkinshaw, Julian (2008) Strategy-structure configurations in corporate venture units: impact on performance and survival. Journal of business venturing, 23 (4). pp. 423-444. ISSN 0883-9026
Abstract
We develop a typology of corporate venture units, based on their strategic role in the corporation, and specifically on (a) their relative emphasis on exploration versus exploitation and (b) the internal versus external locus of opportunity they pursue. Following configurations logic, we argue that the structures and systems used by venture units will be a function of their strategic role, and that their performance will be higher when internal elements are aligned. We also argue that exploitation-oriented units will survive for longer than exploration-oriented units. Using primary data collected on 95 venture units during 2001-2003, we use configurational analyses to test and find support for our hypotheses.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jbusvent |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 Elsevier Inc. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | corporate venture unit, configuration, typology, exploration, exploitation |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G24 - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage; Rating Agencies M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M2 - Business Economics > M21 - Business Economics |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group Departments > Management Collections > Economists Online |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/26923/ |
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