A spin-out happens when an employee quits a company to start a new venture; however, theories do not agree on whether the "spin-out entrepreneur" will start the company in the same or in a different industry. We investigated a sample of 250 entrepreneurs and 120 spin-out companies to understand...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the question ”given all that we know about knowledge transfer in organizations, why do problems persist?” This is achieved by examining the challenges confronting organizations in developing an effective knowledge transfer strategy....