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Jan 2023
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11: Is Corporate Venturing only for larg...

PwC Belgium
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Corporate Venturing can be just as relevant and feasible for smaller companies than it is for the giants and multinationals amongst us.
In this episode, Elise Carton (PwC) discusses the latest research of Antwerp Management School on this topic with professor Robin De Cock.

The differences but also similarities between larger and smaller companies when it comes to corporate venturing might surprise you!

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