Inside business incubators & corporate ventures
By: Sally Richards.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Business incubators.; Venture capital.; Entrepreneurship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The incubator model. Once upon a startup ...; title: A brief history of our world: the incubation of an era; title: Innovation and reality: when incubation was new again; title: Focusing on good incubation practices; title: Notes on creating wealth; title: Incubation, acceleration, incineration: the necessity of partnerships.  Part 2. The hybrid. Panasonic Digital Concepts Center: warrior tool. Part 3. Incubation: the mother of invention.  The Women's Technology Cluster; title: San Jose: Software Business Cluster. Part 4. Enterprise Network.  The Enterprise Network: the AMES Technology Commercialization Center - rolling up its sleeves; title: The NIDUS Center for Scientific Enterprise: seeding dreams; title: campsix: no regrets; title: Enterprise Development, Inc.: state-driven technology. Part 5. Accelerators: turbo ramp up. Grey Heron: venture accelerator; title: LaunchPower accelerator: growing companies; title: Scient accelerator. Part 6. Corporate venture funds.  Philips: mighty muscle; title: E*Trade: a different animal; title: Autodesk ventures: building a future.