Performance measurement of corporate venture capital - Balanced scorecard in theory and practice

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-437

  Bassen, Alexander ^a   Blasel, Doris ^b,e   Faisst, Ulrich ^c   Hagenmüller, Moritz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d Books on Demand GmbH   (Germany)

^e University of Hamburg ^*

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Corporate venture capital; Intrapreneurship; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BALANCED SCORECARD; CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTORS; INNOVATION; INTRAPRENEURSHIP; STRATEGIC RETURNS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33645671472     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.009253     Document Type: Article

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