The Corporate Venturing Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Value Creation Process

Dietmar Grichnik is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, where he also holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and serves as the Director of the Institute of Technology at. He is a leading expert and researcher in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and finance and has held visiting and guest professorships at the University of Melbourne, ESADE and Harvard Business School. He is a co-funder and investor in international start-up and initiatives, and sits on the boards of the Foundation Switzerland Innovation and the Swiss Startup Group.

Manuel Hess is Associate Professor for Entrepreneurial Finance at the Grenoble Ecole de Management, France,. He did his Ph.D. in entrepreneurship at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Jana Reuther is an international entrepreneur, speaker, coach, ex-strategy consultant and former Research Associate at the Chair for Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Alexander Stoeckel is former Director of Venture Capital at Philip Morris International (PMI) in Lausanne, heading the PMI corporate venture capital team at PM Equity Partner. He is an experienced start up investor with a demonstrable track record of working in the venture capital industry for more than 13 years and is skilled in private and corporate venture capital, investor relations, start-up selection, investment negotiation and portfolio management. He also coaches start up founders.

Michael Hilb is founder of DBP Group, chair of the Board Foundation and a member of multiple corporate, foundation, and advisory boards. He is a Titular Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and teaches strategy, entrepreneurship and corporate governance at several universities in Asia and Europe. Previously, he led group strategy and digital business of $11 billion company DKSH, where he and his team built a profitable pan-Asian digital business in eight markets.