Silicon Valley Start‐ups and Corporate Innovation: Approaches to Resolve the Innovator’s Dilemma (Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung Markets and Organisations)

Annotation Bernhard Gold answers the question of how larger firms can learn from the successes of Silicon Valley start-ups by means of corporate venturing and by developing the 'Spin-Along Approach' - a method that combines the innovativeness of start-up companies with the capabilities of large corporations to obtain the best of both worlds. Moreover, the author provides an in-depth analysis of the Silicon Valley ecosystem and presents new corporate innovation methods for the digital age, with the aim of providing a final resolution to the 'Innovator's Dilemma' Front Matter ....Pages I-XIX Ambidextrous Corporate Venturing - A Theoretical Approach to Resolving the Innovator’s Dilemma (Bernhard Gold)....Pages 9-42 Spinning-along Innovations – Case Studies on Corporate Venturing (Bernhard Gold)....Pages 43-78 Silicon Valley Success Factors – The Concept of Intra-Nationalization (Bernhard Gold)....Pages 79-128 General Conclusion and Discussion (Bernhard Gold)....Pages 129-131 Back Matter ....Pages 133-156