How prior corporate venture capital investments shape technological alliances: A real options approach

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1019-1043

  Van De Vrande, Vareska ^a   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84883776216     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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