Using novel data on European firms, this paper examines the effect of business group affiliation on innovation. We find … that business groups foster the scale and novelty of corporate innovation. Group affiliation is particularly important in … industries that rely more on external finance and have a higher degree of information asymmetry. We also find that the innovation …

Using novel data on European firms, this paper examines the effect of business group affiliation on innovation. We find … that business groups foster the scale and novelty of corporate innovation. Group affiliation is particularly important in … industries that rely more on external finance and have a higher degree of information asymmetry. We also find that the innovation …

Using novel data on European firms, this paper examines the effect of business group affiliation on innovation. We find … that business groups foster the scale and novelty of corporate innovation. Group affiliation is particularly important in … industries that rely more on external finance and have a higher degree of information asymmetry. We also find that the innovation …

There is much we do not understand about the “location” of innovation: the confluence, for a particular innovation, of … the technology associated with the innovation, the innovating firm's size and organizational structure, and the financial … contracting that supports the innovation. This Essay suggests that these three indicia are simultaneously determined and discusses …

Seven “Corporate Venturing” Strategies to Foster Innovation tackles the question: What should companies do to … accelerate innovation and remain relevant? Or, stated differently: What should companies do to avoid being disrupted by more … relationship with entrepreneurs, founders and startups. By “organizing-for-innovation” in this way, large firms give themselves the …

with venture capitalists (to improve the innovation outcomes of the mature corporations). Fourth, by using case …

literature on firm's boundaries and sectoral systems of innovation, we propose industry-specific variables for pharmaceuticals …