@article {1971071, title = {Corporate venturing: Insights from actual performance}, journal = {Business Horizons}, volume = {52}, year = {2009}, month = {2009}, pages = {459-467}, address = {Bloomington, IN}, abstract = {Corporate innovation and the entrepreneurial strategies on which it is based are key challenges at the forefront of executive concerns. In order to establish some factual foundations amid the popular {\textquotedblleft}folklore{\textquotedblright} that surrounds corporate innovation today, this study examines the actual factors that influence internal corporate venturing within the realm of a corporate entrepreneurship strategy. Data were collected from 145 internal corporate ventures (early-stage ventures, middle-stage ventures, and established-stage ventures) operating in 72 firms headquartered in the mid-western United States. The results of this study are summarized and offer insights on some of the key correlates of corporate venturing performance.}, keywords = {Strategy \& Entrepreneurship}, author = {Kuratko,Donald F. and Covin,Jeffrey G. and Garrett,Robert} }