Since 1960, corporate venture capital has been a mixed story. Companies seem to form a separate program of venture capital during the boom, and then pull out its obligations in times of economic downturn. This case begins with a fictional situation: Ron Flores, vice president of corporate development in AllTech, world's largest enterprise software company in the world, is trying to assess whether the company should create a separate corporate venture capital group to lead investments in young companies. Flores has two days to gather recommendations for the CFO. To make his decision, Flores sees several documents that make up the bulk of the case, including an overview and brief history of corporate venture capital and review venture investment in the corporation Intel, Microsoft, and the corporation Xerox «Hide
by John Glynn, Jr., Andrea Higuera Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 18 pages. Publication Date: July 2, 2002. Prod. #: E131-PDF-ENG
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