Year
2023
Authors
DONADA Carole, NOGATCHEWSKY Gwenaëlle
Abstract
This research studies the selection control system of startup complementors by a large company. A startup complementor is a young innovative company whose resources and skills allow it to complement the value proposition of a large company in the context of a 2 collaboration. The analysis of a structure, within IBM France, allowing the selection of startup complementors, leads us to characterize the selection control system on 4 components: attraction devices, a process as much bureaucratic as flexible, formal and informal selection criteria and a team of complementary selectors (a genius, a chameleon, an expert and a sponsor). This system is “two-sided”, adapted to the large company on the tails side, and to startups on the face side. It appears to meet a need for strategic fit necessary for complementor engagement. This research invites the consideration of strategic fit as a control problem that, like cooperation and coordination problems, must be considered in the development and implementation of the selection control system.
DONADA, C. et NOGATCHEWSKY, G. (2023). Start-Up Complementor Selection in a Large Company: A Case Study. Accounting Auditing Control, 29(2), pp. 97-133.