Title: Challenges of quantitative research on internal corporate venturing

Authors: Robert P. Garrett

Addresses: College of Business, Oregon State University, 200 Bexell, Corvallis, OR 97331-2603, USA

Abstract: Internal corporate ventures are entrepreneurial initiatives that originate within the corporate structure (or within an existing business of the corporation) and are intended from inception as new businesses for the corporation. In spite of the long history associated with the phenomenon of internal corporate venturing, the literature provides surprisingly little quantitative evidence regarding factors important to internal corporate venturing success. Most of the literature is qualitative, while the few quantitative studies that do exist suffer from methodological problems that introduce contamination into their findings. The current paper outlines those methodological problems and proposes techniques for minimising their effects.

Keywords: internal corporate ventures; ICVs; corporate entrepreneurship; research methods; entrepreneurial venturing; quantitative analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2010.034818

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 2010 Vol.2 No.2, pp.129 - 143

Received: 16 Mar 2009
Accepted: 04 Dec 2009
Published online: 23 Aug 2010 *

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