| | | PREFACE | | |
| | | ABSTRACT | | |
| | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | | |
| | | 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON SPIN-OFFS | | 1 |
| | | 1.1 INTRODUCTION | | 1 |
| | | 1.2 EXISTING DEFINITIONS OF CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS | | 3 |
| | | 1.3 A GENERAL TYPOLOGY OF EXISTING DEFINITIONS | | 6 |
| | | 1.4 A SURVEY OF EXISTING RESEARCH | | 8 |
| | | 1.5 A PROPOSAL FOR SPIN-OFF CLASSIFICATION BY FACTORS OF COMPETITIVENESS | | 11 |
| | | 1.6 CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS | | 16 |
| | | 1.7 EFFECTS OF CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS | | 20 |
| | | 1.8 A CONCEPTUAL PHASE MODEL | | 21 |
| | | 1.9 DEVELOPMENT OF A DEFINITION | | 22 |
| | | 1.10 SUMMARY OF THE EXISTING RESEARCH | | 24 |
| | | 2. FACTORS AFFECTING SPIN-OFF PROCESSES | | 25 |
| | | 2.1 INTRODUCTION | | 25 |
| | | 2.2 FACTORS FROM LITERATURE | | 26 |
| | | 2.2.1 Factors related to the business activity | | 26 |
| | | 2.2.2 Factors related to Organisation and Governance | | 32 |
| | | 2.2.3 Relationship and Support Factors | | 35 |
| | | 2.2.4 Transfer Factors | | 41 |
| | | 2.2.5 Motivational Factors | | 41 |
| | | 2.2.6 Factors from the Business Environment | | 42 |
| | | 2.3 NEW FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED | | 45 |
| | | 2.3.1 Business-related Factors | | 45 |
| | | 2.3.2 Organisational and Governance Factors | | 46 |
| | | 2.3.3 Motivational Factors | | 47 |
| | | 2.4 SUMMARY OVERVIEW | | 50 |
| | | 2.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS | | 55 |
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