ONLINE
RESOURCES
"Big
Tips on Strategic Partnering"
Mario Morino at a Netpreneur Coffee & DoughNets event
Pitfalls to avoid and opportunities to seize in strategic
partnerships.
"Ensuring
One's Competitive Future"
by Don Laurie in Corporate Venturing Report
Focus more on long term growth instead of short term cost reductions.
"Corporate Venturing in the New Millennium"
by Charles O. Heller in SMITHbusiness ONLINE
How entrepreneurship is benefiting corporate America
"Dispelling the myths of alliances"
by Charles Kalmbach Jr. and Charles Roussel in Accenture
Outlook Online
Avoiding poorly planned and executed alliances
"Corporate Venturing: Gold Mining or Fool's
Gold"
Aaron Cooper, et al, from Kellog TechVenture 2001 Anthology
Introduction to corporate venture capital
"Value of Corporate Backers Rising as Start-ups
Face Uncertain Times"
by David G. Barry in The Corporate Venturing Report
Corporate investors can buy firms they invest in, VCs can't.
"Strategy must lie at the heart of
alliances"
by Benjamin Gomes-Casseres, featured in Financial Times
Focus on the alliance as a means to a broader goal.
FAQs
on Corporate Ventures and Leadership
from Don Laurie
Top Corporate Venture Capital Investors of 2000
Identifies the companies and how much they invested
Test your corporate venturing I.Q.
Online corporate venturing test
Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals
Group providing professional and educational support for
alliance executives and managers
ICANSI
Global community of researchers and practitioners
addressing alliances, networks and strategic innovation
AllianceStrategy.com
Resources and reading on alliance strategy and management.
AllianceStrategy.com community forum
Moderated discussion list dealing with the full range of
business partnerships.
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Venture Catalyst: The Five Strategies for Explosive
Corporate Growth
by Donald L. Laurie
Corporate partnering and other strategies that foster a steady flow of
new products to fuel continuous growth.
The Strategic Partnering Handbook
A practitioner's guide to alliances
by Tony Lendrum
Digital Deals: Strategies for Selecting and
Structuring Partnerships
by George T. Geis and George S. Geis
Guidelines and case studies for structuring partnership deals in the
New Economy
The
Corporate Venturing Report
Monthly news and information on where, how and why
corporations are financing private companies
Corporate
Venturing Directory and Yearbook
Investment plans of corporation participating in
venture-backed deals