Corporate Venturing: Gold Mining or Fool's Gold?

Topics:
Innovation,
Venture Capital
Tags:
Corporate Venturing,
Finance,
Investment,
Ranjay Gulati
Source:
Ranjay Gulati

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Overview: This paper begins with a discussion of corporate venturing basics including the rationale for initiating a corporate venture group, a comparison to traditional venture capital firms, and the many approaches to corporate venturing. Next there is an in depth discussion of the current corporate venture landscape including examples of successful and unsuccessful ventures. The authors' research yielded a set of useful frameworks that is also included for the reader. The paper concludes with a discussion of deal selection and thoughts on the future of corporate venture capital.

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Format: PDF | Size: 140KB | Date: May 2001 | Pages: 28

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