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Mutual learnings from cooperation between large companies and start-ups
After reading this article you will..
- Learn what a large established company can learn from a startup
- Learn how a startup can benefit from co-operation with a large established company
- Learn what possible risks there might be in cooperation between established corporations and startups
Business and investment planning
- Investment project fundamentals
- Business and investment planning in the forest industry
- Conceptual phase
- Pre-feasibility phase
- Feasibility phase
- Organisational learning in investment projects
Authors & references
Author:
Ainomaija Haarla, D.Sc.(Tech.), MBA, Independent Director, Advisor, Investor
Professor, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Aalto CHEM (retired)
The author acted as a faculty member of World Economic Forum in 2010–2015. Further, the author has been working with new product development, branding, international market launches, in sales & marketing and in business development in large established forest industry and related companies and most recently with 16 Finnish startups in various roles.
References:
- Uskaltakaa uudistua, VAPO, Polte 3/2016 (Prof. Haarla’s interview as a member of VAPO Ventures Advisory Board)
- The lean startup: How today’s entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses Eric Ries, 2011, Crown Books
- The Startup Way: How modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long term growth Eric Ries, 2017, UK
- Collaboration between Start-ups and Corporates: A Practical Guide for Mutual Understanding, White Paper, World Economic Forum (WEF), January 2018
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This page has been updated 15.10.2020