Corporate Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Development within Organizations
, by Morris, Michael H.; Kuratko, Donald F.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780030337260 | 0030337267
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/6/2001
Exploring the concept of entrepreneurship in established companies, this innovative book identifies the environmental conditions that foster an entrepreneurial attitude and orientation in organizations well beyond upstart. It also explores the reasons why entrepreneurship tends to be discouraged ? if not destroyed ? in organizations as they grow and mature. In addition, the authors systematically identify the ways in which entrepreneurial spirit ? and its many benefits ? can be revived in established firms.
The Nature Of Entrepreneurship In Established Companies | p. 1 |
Corporate Evolution And The Entrepreneurial Imperative | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Traditional Management: Setting the Stage | p. 4 |
How Companies Evolve: Internal Transformations | p. 8 |
Changing Organizational Practices: Dealing with Crisis Points | p. 11 |
Managing Ongoing Growth and Change | p. 12 |
Turbulent Environments and the Need for a New Paradigm | p. 14 |
The Entrepreneurial Imperative: A Persistent Sense of Urgency | p. 16 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 18 |
Applying Entrepreneurship To Established Companies | p. 21 |
Introduction | p. 21 |
Defining Entrepreneurship | p. 22 |
Dispelling the Myths and Sidestepping the Folklore | p. 24 |
The Entrepreneurial Process | p. 28 |
The Nature of Corporate Entrepreneurship | p. 31 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 35 |
Levels Of Entrepreneurship In Organizations: Entrepreneurial Intensity | p. 39 |
Introduction | p. 39 |
Exploring the Dimensions of Entrepreneurship | p. 39 |
Combinations of the Dimensions: The Concept of Degree | p. 45 |
Entrepreneurial Intensity: Combining Degree and Frequency of Entrepreneurship | p. 48 |
Applying the Entrepreneurial Grid to Organizations | p. 49 |
Applying the Grid at the Level of the Individual Manager | p. 52 |
Things We Know and Don't Know about Entrepreneurial Intensity | p. 53 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 56 |
Differences Between Start-Up And Corporate Entrepreneurship | p. 59 |
Introduction | p. 59 |
Entrepreneurship Is Entrepreneurship: Understanding the Similarities | p. 60 |
The Corporate Context: Identifying the Key Differences | p. 62 |
The Political Factor | p. 65 |
Implications of the Differences | p. 66 |
The Forms Entrepreneurship Takes in Companies | p. 69 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 73 |
Entrepreneurial Vision And Direction | p. 75 |
Who Is The Corporate Entrepreneur? | p. 77 |
Introduction | p. 77 |
The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship | p. 80 |
Motivating Entrepreneurial Behavior | p. 83 |
Are Corporate Entrepreneurs Different? | p. 84 |
Categories of Entrepreneurs | p. 89 |
Myths about Corporate Entrepreneurs | p. 90 |
Critical Roles in Corporate Entrepreneurship | p. 91 |
The Importance of Sponsors | p. 93 |
How Subordinates View the Entrepreneurial Manager | p. 94 |
The Entrepreneurial Mindset | p. 95 |
A Final Thought: Are You a Corporate Entrepreneur? | p. 98 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 100 |
Creativity And The Corporate Entrepreneur | p. 103 |
Introduction | p. 103 |
Defining Creativity in a Company | p. 104 |
The Creative Process | p. 105 |
The Creative Blocks | p. 108 |
The Creative Employee: Problem-Solving Styles | p. 110 |
The Need for Friction | p. 113 |
Creativity Techniques and Creative Quality | p. 114 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 116 |
Product Innovation, Technology, And The Corporation | p. 121 |
Introduction | p. 121 |
Innovation Creates Dilemmas | p. 122 |
Types of Innovation and the Risk Factor | p. 124 |
Winners: Companies that Innovate Well | p. 126 |
Approaches to Innovation: The Process | p. 129 |
Approaches to Innovation: Structures to Support Projects | p. 131 |
The Need for a Champions Program | p. 133 |
Technology-Push versus Market-Pull | p. 134 |
Innovation Strategy and the Innovation Portfolio | p. 136 |
Setting Innovation Goals and Measuring Innovation Performance | p. 139 |
Technology and Entrepreneurial Opportunity | p. 142 |
Technology Limits and Platforms | p. 143 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 145 |
Corporate Strategy And Entrepreneurship | p. 149 |
Introduction | p. 149 |
The Changing Landscape | p. 150 |
Does the Dominant Logic Fit the Competitive Landscape? | p. 152 |
The Role of Strategic Management and Corporate Strategy | p. 153 |
Integrating Entrepreneurship with Strategy | p. 154 |
Key Strategic Concepts: Entrepreneurship as the Driver | p. 156 |
Entrepreneurial Strategy: Some Contributing Factors | p. 161 |
Matching Strategy with Structure: The Value of Venture Teams | p. 164 |
Another Look at Strategy and Structure: The Acordia Companies | p. 166 |
Implementation Issues: Fatal Visions | p. 167 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 168 |
Understanding The Obstacles To Corporate Entrepreneurship | p. 171 |
Introduction | p. 171 |
A Framework for Understanding the Obstacles | p. 172 |
More on the People Factor | p. 177 |
Related Limitations that Constrain the Entrepreneur | p. 178 |
Overcoming the Obstacles and Limitations | p. 183 |
Focusing on the Right Obstacles at the Right Time | p. 186 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 187 |
Developing An Environment To Support Entrepreneurship | p. 189 |
Structuring The Company For Entrepreneurship | p. 191 |
Introduction | p. 191 |
The Components of Structure | p. 192 |
How Structures Evolve | p. 193 |
Types of Structures: Link to an Entrepreneurial Strategy | p. 195 |
An Entrepreneurial Structure and the Concept of Cycling | p. 203 |
Circles Instead of Hierarchy | p. 207 |
Entrepreneurial Projects: Structures within Structures | p. 210 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 212 |
Control And Entrepreneurial Activity | p. 215 |
Introduction | p. 215 |
The Nature of Control in Organizations | p. 216 |
Organizations Out of Control: A Story of Unintended Consequences | p. 217 |
Dimensions of Control and Entrepreneurship | p. 220 |
The Entrepreneurial Philosophy of Control | p. 221 |
The Concepts of Slack and Internal Venture Capital | p. 225 |
Control and Costs: The Open Book Revolution | p. 227 |
The Concept of Profit Pools | p. 229 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 231 |
Human Resource Management And Entrepreneurship | p. 235 |
Introduction | p. 235 |
Creating the Work Environment | p. 236 |
What is Human Resource Management | p. 236 |
HRM Policies and Entrepreneurship | p. 238 |
Motivation and the Critical Role Played by Reward Systems | p. 243 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 248 |
Developing An Entrepreneurial Culture | p. 253 |
Introduction | p. 253 |
The Nature of Culture in Organizations | p. 253 |
The Pieces and Parts of Culture | p. 254 |
Core Ideology and the Envisioned Future | p. 257 |
Generic Culture Types | p. 258 |
Elements of an Entepreneurial Culture | p. 260 |
Entrepreneurial Leadership through Culture: The Cintas Corporation | p. 263 |
Exploring a Key Value: Individualism | p. 265 |
A Different View of Failure | p. 267 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 269 |
Entrepreneurial Orientation And The Future | p. 273 |
Planning And Measuring The Organization's Entrepreneurial Activity | p. 275 |
Introduction | p. 275 |
Developing the Entrepreneurial Plan | p. 275 |
Assessing the Corporate Entrepreneurial Project | p. 278 |
The Importance of Organizational-Level Measurement and Assessment | p. 288 |
Methods of Measuring Entrepreneurial Activity | p. 290 |
Developing a Continuous Entrepreneurial Process | p. 299 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 301 |
Entrepreneurship In Government Organizations | p. 305 |
Introduction | p. 305 |
Perspectives from Public Administration | p. 306 |
Revisiting Core Concepts of Entrepreneurship | p. 307 |
Application of These Core Concepts to the Public Sector | p. 308 |
Unique Characteristics of Public Sector Organizations | p. 311 |
Is Public Sector Entrepreneurship Really Viable | p. 313 |
Perspectives from Public Sector Managers | p. 317 |
How to Get There | p. 320 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 324 |
Sustaining Entrepreneurship Today And Tomorrow | p. 331 |
Introduction | p. 331 |
Developing a Personal Approach to the Entrepreneurial Process | p. 332 |
Companies Need to Manage the Triggering Events | p. 336 |
Creating a Sense of Urgency | p. 339 |
Different Approaches to Research and Experimentation | p. 342 |
Learning that Never Stops | p. 346 |
Organizations Designed Around Paradoxes | p. 349 |
Domains, Portfolios, and a Cycle of Revolution | p. 351 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 354 |
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