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How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

Harvard Business Review

Two in particular are corporate venture funds, which invest in start-ups outside companies'' walls, and internal idea contests. And corporate venture funds, if well managed, can avoid the fickleness problem that plagues independent venture capital and crowdfunding. Finance Innovation' It''s like that.

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How Corporate Venture Capital Helps Firms Explore New Territory

Harvard Business Review

Two in particular are corporate venture funds, which invest in start-ups outside companies’ walls, and internal idea contests. And corporate venture funds, if well managed, can avoid the fickleness problem that plagues independent venture capital and crowdfunding. It’s like that. Get a Lawyer.

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Six Paradoxes Women Leaders Face in 2013

Harvard Business Review

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. It is as plain as day that women are equally qualified to lead in terms of skill and talent, yet we capture far fewer job slots at the top. The Promotion Paradox.