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Cooperating with Start-ups as a Strategy: Towards Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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The economy of the twenty-first century is driven by digitalization of markets, industries and companies, accelerating innovation cycles and a worldwide rise of young ambitious talents that grow their own start-ups. Many established companies face major challenges in the area of innovation, organization or corporate culture.

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    IBM Global CEO Study, 2010; Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Mastering Product Complexity, 2012.

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    “The Challenge of Globalization.” Boundless Management, 2015.

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    http://www.innosight.com/innovation-resources/strategy-innovation/creative-destruction-whips-through-corporate-america.cfm

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    Statista (2016).

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    The International Business Innovation Association (2016).

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    Gust (2015). Global Accelerator Report 2015. http://gust.com/global-accelerator-report-2015/

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Jung, S. (2018). Cooperating with Start-ups as a Strategy: Towards Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In: Presse, A., Terzidis, O. (eds) Technology Entrepreneurship. FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73509-2_15

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