Additivity and complementarity in external technology sourcing: The added value of corporate venture capital investments

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-496

  Van De Vrande, Vareska ^a,b   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^c,d,e   Duysters, Geert ^e,f,g  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^e ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^f TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complementarity; corporate venture capital investments; external technology sourcing; M As; open innovation; strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL; EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY SOURCING; OPEN INNOVATION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE;

INNOVATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79960742844     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2091134     Document Type: Article

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