Corporate venture capital: Who adds Value?

Venture Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-49

  Knyphausen Aufseß, Dodo Zu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate venture capital; Entrepreneurial spirit; Social capital; Strategy; Technological capability; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544294893     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106042000335610     Document Type: Review

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