Abstract
The spin-off phenomenon has received ample attention in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. In this paper I investigate the bibliometric structure of the literature on spin-off firms. Bibliometric methods enable a fairly objective approach to sort through significant amounts of data to identify the building blocks of this emerging literature. Specifically, I identify the building blocks in terms of topics addressed and links to and between scientific fields. The dataset consists of 215 source articles published between 1957 and 2006 and 2397 cited authors. Two main results are found. First, the field is mainly drawing on empirical studies rather than conceptual work. Second, though, co-citation networks reveal important conceptual links between empirical studies.
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