Major German corporations are increasingly taking stakes in startups in order to profit from their creativity. One in five companies with more than 1,000 employees has taken a share in startup enterprises as a means of promoting innovation. Such shareholding models are found much less often in smaller enterprises. Only one in 10 enterprises with fewer than 1,000 employees is pursuing this strategy.   These are some of the findings of the Industry Innovation Index 2015. This cross-sector study,...