Configuring a corporate venturing portfolio to create growth value: Within-portfolio diversity and strategic linkage

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-503

  Lin, Shu Jou ^a   Lee, Ji Ren ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate venturing portfolio; Portfolio configuration; Portfolio effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955610439     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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