Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Corporate entrepreneurship: empirical considerations for fostering entrepreneurial internal environments.

Shivute, Tuli LU and Pedersen, Sofie Piilmann LU (2021) ENTN19 20211
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
We explore what factors are relevant in creating and fostering a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial internal environment in established organizations, through the perception of those who manage them. Towards this end we conduct semi-structured interviews to perform qualitative case studies, in three companies, drawing on the knowledge and insight from 12 managers. We take an inductive, explorative approach to our research, but supplement our findings with existing literature in the relevant field of Corporate Entrepreneurship. On this basis we argue that, from a managerial perspective, there are three interrelated key dimensions, consisting of several factors, that are critical in creating and fostering an organizational environment... (More)
We explore what factors are relevant in creating and fostering a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial internal environment in established organizations, through the perception of those who manage them. Towards this end we conduct semi-structured interviews to perform qualitative case studies, in three companies, drawing on the knowledge and insight from 12 managers. We take an inductive, explorative approach to our research, but supplement our findings with existing literature in the relevant field of Corporate Entrepreneurship. On this basis we argue that, from a managerial perspective, there are three interrelated key dimensions, consisting of several factors, that are critical in creating and fostering an organizational environment that is conducive to corporate entrepreneurship. We claim that when managers strive to create an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, they perceive that the dimensions of Cultural Drive, Organizational Access, and Leadership Encouragement are dimensions which can either effectively drive or impede creativity and innovation. Our argument builds on an in-depth methodological analysis of the statements from the managers interviewed, as well as the corroborating existing literature we uncovered. Our analysis contributes to the existing academic discourse through being thoroughly grounded in empirical data, as well as offering actionable insights into a field which is becoming ever more relevant. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Shivute, Tuli LU and Pedersen, Sofie Piilmann LU
supervisor
organization
course
ENTN19 20211
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Corporate entrepreneurship, fostering internal environments, culture, creativity, innovation management, entrepreneurship
language
English
id
9052385
date added to LUP
2021-08-04 16:38:36
date last changed
2021-08-04 16:38:36
@misc{9052385,
  abstract     = {{We explore what factors are relevant in creating and fostering a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial internal environment in established organizations, through the perception of those who manage them. Towards this end we conduct semi-structured interviews to perform qualitative case studies, in three companies, drawing on the knowledge and insight from 12 managers. We take an inductive, explorative approach to our research, but supplement our findings with existing literature in the relevant field of Corporate Entrepreneurship. On this basis we argue that, from a managerial perspective, there are three interrelated key dimensions, consisting of several factors, that are critical in creating and fostering an organizational environment that is conducive to corporate entrepreneurship. We claim that when managers strive to create an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, they perceive that the dimensions of Cultural Drive, Organizational Access, and Leadership Encouragement are dimensions which can either effectively drive or impede creativity and innovation. Our argument builds on an in-depth methodological analysis of the statements from the managers interviewed, as well as the corroborating existing literature we uncovered. Our analysis contributes to the existing academic discourse through being thoroughly grounded in empirical data, as well as offering actionable insights into a field which is becoming ever more relevant.}},
  author       = {{Shivute, Tuli and Pedersen, Sofie Piilmann}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Corporate entrepreneurship: empirical considerations for fostering entrepreneurial internal environments.}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}