Blessing or Blight? New Venture Units and the Survival of Internal New Ventures

The literature on new venture units (NVUs) has suggested how these units may improve but also attenuate the survival chances of new ventures within the host corporation. Yet, there has been little empirical knowledge to show to which extent they indeed have a positive or negative effect on the survival of internal new ventures. We draw upon a unique dataset of 86 internal new ventures to assess if the survival of internal new ventures depends on...