External venturing and discontinuous strategic renewal: An options perspective

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 956-975

  Basu, Sandip ^a   Wadhwa, Anu ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS;

CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP; CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL; EQUITY INVESTMENT; INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MANAGERIAL DECISION; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES; REAL OPTIONS PERSPECTIVES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84881479511     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12039     Document Type: Article

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