AAA Analysis – Page 177

Brooks’s obstacles and failure signals

This article, the second of two, contains ideas for successful corporate venturing drawn from my experience in operations in corporate companies, start-ups providing products and services to corpo-rates and corporate venture capital investing with an oil major. This article deals with obstacles and failure signals.

Alternative investments: impact investing

This is the second in a bimonthly series of articles about the personal alternative investments markets available to the professional corporate venturer. This section in Global Corporate Venturing magazine looks beyond our readers’ day jobs at how they manage their time and wealth using the same skills of insight, trend analysis and managing risk they bring to their professional careers.

IBM highlights ‘era of smart’

In this so-called era of smart, companies, coun-tries and individuals will be judged by how they apply knowledge to create value. For US-listed IBM, which coined the term era of smart, its own value will be created from amplifying innovation and creating technology and a platform for others to help increase the abilities of individuals… Continue reading IBM highlights ‘era of smart’

Deal analysis: April 2012

These pages summarise last month’s deal activity with a corporate venturing involvement. To report a deal or add your data, email Toby Lewis at tlewis@globalcorporateventuring.com

The Big Deal: Multi-track research and development (R&D)

The multi-track element signifies Astellas is developing its innovation toolkit – including R&D, venture-backed entrepreneurs and licensing – so various units can work relatively independently on similar medical problems and leave it up luck and judgement as to which one might work and then be distributed if successful enough.