SUBJECT AREAS: venture capital, corporate venturing, strategic investment, conflict of interestCASE SETTING: Apple Computers, 1984-1989, computer industry.This case looks at how a corporation may engage in venture capital. It discusses the particular approach that Apple Computers took when...

SUBJECT AREAS: venture capital, strategic partnerships, global venture capitalCASE SETTING: WI Harper International, 1997, Silicon Valley, Taiwan, ChinaREQUESTS FOR COPIES: To receive a copy of this case, please contact Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, MA 02163. Phone:...

Key words: acquisition, entrepreneurial finance, strategic investment, organizational integrationSetting: Symantec Corporation, 1996 , computer industrySymantec Corporation has a competitive position that allows it to market and distribute a variety of software. It's strategy is not to rely...

Empirically it appears that while investing heavily in internal Ramp;D, established corporations are playing only a relatively minor role in the financing of entrepreneurial companies, even if there seem to be quot;strategicquot; reasons that would justify such investments. I examine...