Developing the selection and valuation capabilities through learning: The case of corporate venture capital

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-273

  Yang, Yi ^a   Narayanan, V K ^b   Zahra, Shaker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capability development; Corporate venture capital; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649101352     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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