By Thomas Nies Published 02/22/2008 Unrated In an influential 1985 book, still relevant today, Gifford Pinchot III coined the phrase “intrapreneurship” to describe the marriage of an entrepreneurial spirit – complete with its fierce independence and lack of deference to established views and...
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organizations have tried to learn from their smaller counterparts. This led to a wave of downsizing, the creation of business units, forms of intrapreneurship, etc. Furthermore, as we have argued above, our approach to entrepreneurship will not be confined to its role in the arena of small firms. ...
pursuit of lucrative opportunities by enterprising individuals is called: A. Social experimentation B. Independence C. Entrepreneurship D. Intrapreneurship E. Business incubating 34) The best way for an employer to find out if a potential employee can do a job is by __________. A. Using a performance...
leadership elements such as effective leadership behavior, power and influence, the differences between leadership and management, leading change, intrapreneurship, and how an innovative mindset impacts people and systems in a continually changing global and virtual environment. The final exam in this...
several limitations. For instance, data on start-ups only account for net entry of firms, giving little information on volatility, and exclude “intrapreneurship”, or entrepreneurial activity within existing enterprises. 3 For instance, studies on OECD countries reveal a positive relationship between...
with ‘proactive’ innovations, beating competitors to the punch’ [Miller, (1983), p.771]. Thus, this adaptation of entrepreneurship is called ‘intrapreneurship’.1 Moreover, it can be stated that there is a plethora of (qualitative and quantitative research-based) literature regarding different single...
Entrepreneurship – Process of creating or seizing an opportunity and pursuing it to create something of value regardless of current available resources Intrapreneurship – Being entrepreneurial within a larger organisation you are part of. You work somewhere and you find a new way of doing something. Linear...
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Slevin, 1991), strategic posture (Covin & Slevin, 1988; Covin et al., 1990; Merz et al., 1990), strategic orientation (Wiklund & Shepherd, 2005), intrapreneurship (Kuratko, 1993), corporate entrepreneurship (Morris & Paul, 1987; Zahra, 1991, 1993, 1996; Zahra & Covin, 1995), and entrepreneurial orientation...
enterprising. Enterprise embraces many diverse themes including: ■ entrepreneurship, starting up your own company and becoming self-employed; ■ intrapreneurship, being an entrepreneur in an existing organization; ■ being innovative in exploiting personal and organization opportunities, by adopting a...
of technology scanning/intelligencegathering – we have well developed technology antennae 13. We have mechanisms to identify and encourage ‘intrapreneurship’ – if people have a good idea they don’t have to leave the company to make it happen 14. We have extensive links with a wide range of outside...
measures, harvesting and exiting the venture, international business opportunities and e-commerce and the entrepreneur; corporate venturing: intrapreneurship. Explosives II - EXP2601 Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 24 Module presented in English Purpose: Utilise primary high...