Survival strategies and characteristics of start-ups: An empirical study from the New Zealand IT industry

被引：9

作者：

Almeida, Shamika ^{[1
]}

Fernando, Mario ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Dept Work & Org Studies, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[2] Univ Wollongong, Sch Management & Marketing, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

来源：

TECHNOVATION | 2008年 / 28卷 / 03期

关键词：

survival strategies; strategic choice; start-up IT organizations;

D O I：

10.1016/j.technovation.2007.04.004

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of an exploratory study on the characteristics of New Zealand start-up Information Technology (IT) firms that survived the dot.com collapse. The paper is based on in-depth interviews of nine entrepreneurs of start-up IT firms. The findings reveal core organizational characteristics that influence the realization of moderate strategies enabling survival. The firms that survived, projected characteristics of holistic strategic balance, mastering of resources, portrayed a unifying focus and made purposeful choices on resource allocations. In contrast, firms that failed projected a general lack of strategic balance, mastering and trade-off. These firms' organizational themes realized excessively complex strategies with no distinct focus. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：161 / 169

页数：9

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