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October 8, 2024
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How does the COVID-19 economic crisis impact resilience? A configurational analysis of the spinoffs

Publicated to:International Entrepreneurship And Management Journal. 20 (3): 1823-1848 - 2024-09-01 20(3), DOI: 10.1007/s11365-023-00935-5

Authors: Castello-Sirvent, Fernando; Peris-Ortiz, Marta; Llopis-Amoros, Malar; Pinazo-Dallenbach, Pablo

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CETYS Univ - Author
Univ Int Valencia VIU - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia UPV, Dept Engn Projects - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Dept Business Management - Author

Abstract

Spin-offs are companies with a high level of disruption that facilitate University-Society-Business knowledge transfer, promoting innovation and economic development of knowledge-based economies. On the other hand, globalization, climate change and anthropogenic pressure increase the probability of the appearance of community-transmitted pandemics between animals and people. In this context, the study of the conditions that facilitate resilience in companies with a high innovative content are important to guarantee long-term economic development. COVID-19 presents the appropriate conditions for carrying out an exploratory natural experiment that allows the identification, description, and analysis of conditions that facilitated the resilience of spin-offs promoted in a technological university. A database of spin-offs created before COVID-19 in the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia was analyzed. A causal model was proposed and tested with fsQCA to identify the conditions that facilitate the business resilience of this type of startups with a high technological component that link areas of university research with the market. The proposed model defines resilience as the ability of a spin-off to withstand the impact of the shock, calculating differences of natural logarithms of sales in 2020 and 2019. The causal conditions used in the model are TMT Gender Diversity, the Distribution of Added Value to Workers and Ambidexterity (concerning Exploitation and Exploration). The results of this study show the necessary and sufficient conditions for the resilience to environmental shocks of spin-offs from a polytechnic university. This research offers promising lines of development for academics and suggests to policy makers ways to develop public-private initiatives and investment to improve business performance in crisis contexts. The results of this article offer practitioners a useful guide to design strategies that improve the resilience of these types of companies. This exploratory study based on case analysis makes it possible to identify design elements of the strategy that improve resilience before supply crises. A relevant contribution of this research is linked to its managerial implications in the design of strategies to improve resilience in crisis management. The lessons learned and the analysis of best practices can help improve the robustness of new spin offs in a context of crises caused by recurring pandemics.

Keywords

AmbidexterityCovid-19CrisisDynamic capabilityEmpirical-analysisEntrepreneurshipExploitationExplorationFirm performanceGender diversityResilienceSpin-offStrategyTop management teamValue creation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Entrepreneurship And Management Journal due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 43/304, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Business.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.81, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-04, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 79 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Mexico.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Castello Sirvent, Fernando) and Last Author (PINAZO DALLENBACH, PABLO).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Peris Ortiz, Marta.