Curran, Declan and Van Egeraat, Chris and O'Gorman, Colm (2012) Adverse Events and Opportunistic Spin-offs: The Irish Biotech Sector. (NIRSA) Working Paper Series No.68. Working Paper. NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis.

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Abstract

The process of spin-off firm formation exerts a profound impact on industry evolution. One important trigger for spin-off formation is the impact that adverse events such as corporate restructuring or bankruptcy have on organizations. We explore, in the context of the Irish biotechnology industry, the mechanisms by which adverse events lead to spin-off formation. We show that an adverse event may create unanticipated opportunities for those employees who are in a position to exploit them. We contend this manner of spin-off formation does not fit neatly into the existing opportunity/necessity conceptualisation of spin-off formation. Contributions include the extension of existing spin-off typologies to include what we define as “opportunistic spin-offs”; and the identification of instances of adverse events that might lead to “opportunistic spin-offs”.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Keywords:	Opportunistic Spin-offs; Spin-off firm formation; Ireland; Business; Biotech Sector; Economy; industry evolution; Biotechnology Sector;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA
Item ID:	3827
Identification Number:	68
Depositing User:	NIRSA Editor
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2012 15:41
Publisher:	NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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