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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Only around 20% of technologies funded by CVC&A grab enough attention of business units to start co-innovation pilot projects with portfolio startups. Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.); differ­ent risk cate­go­ries (incremental improvements versus speculative ventures); and differ­ent time horizons. Efficiency: changes over time in the ratio of innovation outputs to inputs.