Corporate venture capital and the returns to acquiring portfolio companies

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 478-499

  Benson, David ^a   Ziedonis, Rosemarie H ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Corporate venture capital; Entrepreneurial finance; Governance; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957354836     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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