Goodyear Ventures seeks more than financial return
Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Scott Shane, professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, said that unlike most venture capitalists, Goodyear is not strictly concerned about getting a direct return on its investment via a sale of its portfolio companies, or by them going public. Instead, Goodyear is investing to establish strategic relationships and gain expertise in the fields of mobility and autonomous vehicles, sectors the big Akron tiremaker believes are the keys to its future success and in which it already has invested millions itself.