Corporate Venture Capital: Bridging the Equity Gap in the Small Business Sector FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book addresses the lack of academic and practical research into corporate venturing by examining the role of this activity as both a form of large firm-small firm collaboration and as a source of equity finance for small firms.
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Examines one particular form of collaboration between large and small firms, corporate venture capital (CVC) investment, focusing on the relevance of various theories in explaining the formation and nature of CVC relationships. Considers the pressure on companies to make or seek CVC investments and relates them to conventional theories and debates concerning flexibility, discussing the extent to which CVC investments can be regarded as strategic alliances, and addresses the debate on the geography of alliance formation by examining the tendency for investments to be made within industrial districts. The levels of this form of collaboration are considered relative to alternative firm growth strategies. Based on surveys of UK companies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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