Exploration and resource commitments in unequal partnerships: An examination of corporate venture capital investments

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 916-936

  Wadhwa, Anu ^a   Basu, Sandip ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b City University New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; REAL OPTIONS PERSPECTIVES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84881419013     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12037     Document Type: Article

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