IMD-3-2008 © 2009
Henderson, James; Pahwa, Atul
Motorola Ventures was the international tactical equity capital financial investment arm of Motorola that actively purchased the early phase advancement of business that had the possible to bring tactical value to Motorola which, in turn, might speed up access to brand-new innovations, markets and skill. There was a strong dedication to Motorola Ventures from Motorola's Senior Management Group however in times of crisis, such as the existing one, there was little instant effect that Motorola Ventures can making to strengthen short-term results for the moms and dad entity.
Motorola Ventures had actually enthusiastically invested in a start-up, Tilefile-- nevertheless, a year later on there was still no dedication from any of Motorola's company devices to deploy Tilefile's innovations throughout any of Motorola's item platforms. The Motorola Ventures management group questioned how finest to browse and handle Tilefile through the present environment within Motorola where the interest of the company was focused on the next quarter's earnings.
Subjects: Corporate Venture Capital; CVC; Start-up; Tilefile
Settings: U.S.; Europe;Telecom; 2007 net sales US$36.62 billion; 66,000 employees; 2007
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