Spin-off
Encyclopedia
Spin-off may refer to:
- Corporate spin-off, a type of corporate transaction forming a new company or entity
- Government spin-offGovernment spin-offGovernment spin-off is civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research. One prominent example of a type of government spin-off is technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance. NASA spin-off technologies have...
, civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research - Research spin-offResearch spin-offA research spin-off is a company that falls into at least one of the four following categories:#Companies that have an equity investment from a national library or university#Companies that license technology from a public research institute or university...
or University spin-offUniversity spin-offUniversity spin-offs transform technological inventions developed from university research that are likely to remain unexploited otherwise. As such, university spin-offs are a subcategory of research spin-offs. Prominent examples of university spin-offs are Genentech, Crucell, Lycos and Plastic...
, a company founded on the findings of a member or by members of a research group at a university - Spin-Off (game show), a 1975 American game show
- Spin-off (media)Spin-off (media)In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
, a new media product derived from an existing product or franchise, such as by focusing on an established character or setting. - Spin-off (religion), a newly formed organization which results from the division of a previously existing religious group
- Spin-off product, a new product which uses the brand name of another product which already has a well-developed image