Towards understanding who makes corporate venture capital investments and why

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-171

  Basu, Sandip ^a   Phelps, Corey ^b   Kotha, Suresh ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Corporate venture capital; Interfirm collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751593325     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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