The Energy Biosciences Institute: A Novel Partnership or a Sellout?

Henry W. Chesbrough, Aileen Desoto

The EBI case study is an open innovation case study. It documents a proposed partnership between the University of California-Berkeley and BP (formerly British Petroleum). The case study addresses issues from both sides. In the event Berkeley and BP agree to create the Energy Biosciences Institute together, this will lead to a $500 million partnership between British Petroleum, Berkeley's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The case study features protagonist, Beth Burnside, who was the Vice Chancellor for Research at Berkeley during the time of the negotiations.

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Pub Date: Nov 1, 2007

Discipline: Entrepreneurship

Subjects: Corporate strategy, Growth strategy, Start-ups, Startup, Venture capital

Source: UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Product #: B5715-PDF-ENG

Industry: Biotechnology, Venture capital

Length: 20 page(s)