Corporate venturing, allocation of talent, and competition for star managers

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-521

  De Bettignies, Jean Etienne ^a   Chemla, Gilles ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Corporate venturing; Corporation; Effort; Rival investor; Star managers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INVESTMENTS;

CORPORATE VENTURING; CORPORATION; RIVAL INVESTORS; STAR MANAGERS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 41549139134     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0758     Document Type: Article

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