RT journal article
T1 Which variables predict the internationalization type of academic spin-offs?
A1 Vissak, Tiia
A1 Lukason, Oliver
A1 Fernández Alles, María de la Luz
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Academic spin-off
K1 Born global
K1 Export
K1 Export prediction
K1 Internationalization
K1 Spain
AB This study aims to find out which variables predict the internationalization type of academic spin-offs. This topic has not yet received any attention in academic spin-offs’ internationalization literature. We use a sample of Spanish spin-offs, with four dependent variables reflecting internationalization types and a large selection of independent variables reflecting various domains considered in the extant literature. Logistic regression is applied to outline marginal effects and prediction accuracies. The results show that academic spin-offs which are oriented towards international markets from the beginning of their activities and constantly pursue new international opportunities are more likely to internationalize fast and remain international for a longer time period than other firms. Being the first to introduce product or process innovations and co-operating with international government institutions, competitors, customers, and/or suppliers is also relatively useful for such internationalizers. The study also demonstrates that predicting if an academic spin-off will become a less active internationalizer results in a higher accuracy than forecasting if it will become a born global. Moreover, predicting if a firm will internationalize later results in a higher accuracy than forecasting if this will happen during the first three years since the spin-off's foundation.
PB Elsevier
SN 2405-8440
YR 2023
FD 2023-01-21
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29525
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/29525
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026