Existing research has utilized real options theory to analyze corporate venture capital (CVC) investment, yet little work has empirically studied such investment in a comparative setting. In this paper, we begin to address this gap by investigating firms' investment mode choice between CVC and...

This paper categorizes and critiques the empirical research strategies that have been employed to test real options theory. Existing research has sought to detect valuable options in firms’ strategic investments as well as to investigate the payoffs from these investments. Our review...