This paper analyzes the goals, the organizational structures and processes, and the investment criteria that underlie venture strategies in Germany today, using a sample of 20 corporate venture capital organizations (CVCs). The performance of these CVCs is examined and the data are compared with...

Das Paper beschäftigt sich mit einer zentralen, bisher oft vernachlässigten Dimension der Organisationskultur, der Zeit. Sie wird deshalb als Faktor herausgegriffen und ihre Bedeutung für die Entstehung und Entwicklung von Organisationskultur beleuchtet. Denn alle Ansätze, die die Rolle der...

Based on responses from 20 corporate venture capital organizations (CVCs) in Germany, we examine the goals, degree of autonomy, fund structure, and main investment criteria underlying the venture strategies of CVCs in Germany today as well as how the CVCs have performed strategically and...

Cross-sector social collaborations are increasingly recognised as valuable inter-organizational arrangements that seek to combine the commercial capabilities of private sector companies with the deep knowledge of social and environmental issues enrooted in social sector organizations. In this...

Although reciprocity is fundamental to all social orders, management research offers few reviews of the concept's theoretical origins and current applications. To help bridge this gap, we elucidate the dominant understandings of reciprocity, ask which areas of research emerge from them, and...