IESE Insight - Entrepreneurship

Corporate venturing ecosystems: Boosting your capability and efficiency

Siota, Josemaria; Prats, Mª Julia What do companies such as Disney, Samsung and Formula 1 have in mind when choosing between engaging directly with a startup or through an intermediary? How can the right intercessor be chosen? This study sheds some light, while debunking frequent myths.

Resilience, a key concept for the world's smartest cities

Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric London once again tops IESE's annual ranking of the smartest cities in the world. As COVID-19 forces a rethink of urban strategies everywhere, resilience emerges as tomorrow's leading concern.

Mutually assured construction: Negotiating cooperatively to rebuild after the crisis

IESE Insight Never have win-win negotiations been more necessary -- and challenging -- than during the coronavirus crisis. Our future may depend on negotiations that achieve our objectives and also build relationships based on trust and hope. And, yes, getting this all done online.

Corporate venturing: a bridge for Europe's Valley of Death

Siota, Josemaria; Alunni, Andrea; Riveros-Chacón, Paola; Wilson, Mark Europe, like other regions, is excellent at moving from money to research but falls short at moving from research to money. How to reduce the gap to support innovation?

Corporate venturing in Latin America: Illuminating a blind spot

Siota, Josemaria; Prats, Mª Julia Linking established firms to innovative startups, corporate venturing is happening across the globe, but there's scant information available on the practice in Latin America -- until now. A 2020 study tracks regional adoption and makes site-specific recommendations.

4 ways family firms are letting outside investors in

Neckebrouck, Jeroen; Meuleman, Miguel; Manigart, Sophie More family businesses are opening up to external investors these days. IESE's Jeroen Neckebrouck maps out four main scenarios, based on two key questions, and points to their governance implications.

Why winners keep winning: the knock-on effect of early VC success

Nanda, Ramana; Samila, Sampsa; Sorenson, Olav Early venture capital success often leads to continued success. New research explores how VC firms maintain these winning streaks, and shows that to access lucrative investments, VC managers' individual skills matter less than their track record.

3 success factors for crowdfunding

Kyriakou, Harris; Genc, Yegin Crowdfunding is creating opportunities for many innovators. Studying successful campaigns also shines a light on innovation that even the largest corporation can learn from. Research by IESE's Harris Kyriakou identifies three key factors that help predict success.

Technology transfer: how to commercialize discoveries via linked innovation

Siota, Josemaria; Dávila, Antonio A new report on technology transfer offers 18 best practices and 12 business models to help research centers commercialize their discoveries, for linked innovation that's economically sustainable.

Entrepreneurs don't cry: surprising keys to startup success

Huy, Quy; Zott, Christoph Think "successful entrepreneur" and emotional control may not be the first thing to pop to mind. And yet steady emotions can be key in the turbulent times around a business launch. Quy Huy and Christoph Zott identify five "emotional-regulation behaviors" worth emulating.