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What is the Real Role of Corporate Venture Capital ?

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  • Jean-Sébastien Lantz
  • Jean-Michel Sahut
  • Frédéric Teulon

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Technological innovation is not exclusive to great industrial groups. Sometimes, innovative and dynamic companies emerge in high-tech sectors and constitute a serious threat for some industry giants. However, the high reactivity of these small com

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  • Jean-Sébastien Lantz & Jean-Michel Sahut & Frédéric Teulon, 2014. "What is the Real Role of Corporate Venture Capital ?," Working Papers 2014-252, Department of Research, Ipag Business School.
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    Keywords

    Venture capital; CVC; Capital structure; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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