Vidient, a young company that is in the process of being separated from a much larger, established Japanese business. Vidient is in the business of analyzing food security cameras and security breaches catches automatically, without human intervention. Parent company first tried to develop the technology, then the entrepreneur in residence, was taken to try to turn the idea into a business. Parent company allows the company to be allocated, if it can raise external finance. Describes some of the problems of the development of new technologies in the context of the larger firms and the issues related to venture capital financing for corporate spin-out. "Hide
by Michael J. Roberts Source: Harvard Business School 25 pages. Publication Date: June 22, 2005. Prod. #: 805163-PDF-ENG
