Corporate venture capital portfolios and firm innovation

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 95-112

  Wadhwa, Anu ^a   Phelps, Corey ^b   Kotha, Suresh ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate venture capital; Exploratory innovation; Interorganizational portfolios

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947867840     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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