Corporate venture capital investments for enhancing innovation: Challenges and solutions

Research Technology Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Napp, Johann Jakob ^a   Minshall, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate venture capital; Corporate venturing; Open innovation; Strategic value; Value creation

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL; CORPORATE VENTURING; OPEN INNOVATION; STRATEGIC VALUE; VALUE CREATION;

INDUSTRY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 83055169128     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: 19300166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5437/08953608X5402004     Document Type: Article

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