Corporate venture capital, disembodied experimentation and capability development

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1475-1505

  Keil, Thomas ^a   Autio, Erkko ^b   George, Gerard ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56349143855     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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