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.
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页码：161 / 169
页数：9
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