WHAT DO I TAKE WITH ME? THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF SPIN-OUT TEAM SIZE AND TENURE ON THE FOUNDER-FIRM PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Agarwal, Rajshree; Campbell, Benjamin A.; Franco, April Mitchell; Ganco, Martin
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University of Toronto; University Toronto Scarborough; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0853
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 1060-1087
• 关键词: KNOWLEDGE-BASED THEORY; employee mobility; turnover; capabilities; entrepreneurship; RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; COMPENSATION; replication

摘要

We extend the knowledge-based perspective to consider the impact of spin-out founders on knowledge transfer to new ventures. We argue that existing theory largely ignores the founder's role as a team catalyst who mobilizes a team and transmits the team's knowledge to a new venture. We address this gap by building theory on the role of a spin-out founder as a facilitator of co-mobility and whose impact on firmoutcomes is mediated by the size and organizational experience of the recruited team. The support for our hypotheses, through use of linked employee-employer U. S. Census data from the legal services industry, has theoretical and practical implications for the knowledge-based view and human resource strategies for both existing and entrepreneurial firms.