附註:Includes bibliographical references ([251]-256) and index.
Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABSTRACT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON SPIN-OFFS -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 EXISTING DEFINITIONS OF CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS -- 1.3 A GENERAL TYPOLOGY OF EXISTING DEFINITIONS -- 1.4 A SURVEY OF EXISTING RESEARCH -- 1.5 A PROPOSAL FOR SPIN-OFF CLASSIFICATION BY FACTORS OF COMPETITIVENESS -- 1.6 CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS -- 1.7 EFFECTS OF CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS -- 1.8 A CONCEPTUAL PHASE MODEL -- 1.9 DEVELOPMENT OF A DEFINITION -- 1.10 SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING RESEARCH -- 2. FACTORS AFFECTING SPIN-OFF PROCESSES -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 FACTORS FROM LITERATURE -- 2.3 NEW FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED -- 2.4 SUMMARY OVERVIEW -- 2.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- 3. DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPIRICAL MODEL -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 PRECEDING ANALYSES AND UNDERLYING MODELS -- 3.3 SUMMARY OF THE EMPIRICAL REVIEW -- 3.4 STEPS OF ANALYSIS TO INVESTIGATE THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- 3.5 PRESENTATION OF THE MODELS INVOLVED IN THE ANALYSIS -- 3.6 DEGREE OF NOVELTY AND EXPECTED CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE -- 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 BASIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN -- 4.3 FORMULATION OF THE FACTORS IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE -- 4.4 DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONALISATION OF THE SUCCESS DIMENSIONS -- 4.5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE SCALES FOR ANALYSIS -- 4.6 STRUCTURE AND DESIGN OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE -- 4.7 SAMPLE SIZE AND COMPOSITION -- 5. ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE -- 5.3 "Bottom-up" Typologies -- 5.4 MOTIVES FOR THE SPIN-OFF DECISION -- 5.5 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SUCCESS DIMENSIONS -- 5.6. IMPORTANCE OF THE SINGLE FACTORS -- 5.7."TOP-DOWN" TYPOLOGIES -- 5.8 SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS -- 6. SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- 6.3 FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS -- ANNEX -- A.1 METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND THEIR EVALUATION -- A.2 CRITERIA FOR DATA GENERATION -- A.3
