Corporate venture capital and the balance of risks and rewards for portfolio companies

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-286

  Maula, Markku V J ^a   Autio, Erkko ^b   Murray, Gordon C ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Corporate venture capital; Relationship learning benefits; Relationship risks; Technology based new firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649092263     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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