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The Importance of Persistence: Building an Innovation System for the Long-term

The Inovo Group

They reported directly to the CTO. CEOs who focus their attention on future events and external activities lead their firms to early adoption and invention of new technologies and greater and faster development of innovations. Strategic mandate – Sustaining or incremental innovation was off limits. It can be done.

System 53
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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

Björn Heinz, investment manager at BASF Venture Capital, summarizes his group’s mission as “identifying and supporting startups that are developing disruptive innovations which can be of great long-term benefit to BASF’s business units or R&D units, and providing adequate financial return to the corporation.”.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

Björn Heinz, investment manager at BASF Venture Capital, summarizes his group’s mission as “identifying and supporting startups that are developing disruptive innovations which can be of great long-term benefit to BASF’s business units or R&D units, and providing adequate financial return to the corporation.”.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

Björn Heinz, investment manager at BASF Venture Capital, summarizes his group’s mission as “identifying and supporting startups that are developing disruptive innovations which can be of great long-term benefit to BASF’s business units or R&D units, and providing adequate financial return to the corporation.”.