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Corporate entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship related to innovation behaviour among employees

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  • Bjorn Willy Amo

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Corporate entrepreneurship is recognised as a strategy which organisations can exercise to achieve innovation and growth, likewise intrapreneurship is recognised as a tool for employees who want to realise their entrepreneurial vision. This article compares the definitional issues of these two terms and relates them to innovation behaviour among employees. Terms describing organisational change related to innovation behaviour among employees are used inconsistently and interchangeably. When theoretical terms are broadly defined, they have the tendency to exhibit low internal consistency and researchers have difficulties using them adequately. It is therefore valuable to specify and contrast the used terms with their relatives. This theoretical article utilises three brief case studies to show the implications of the definitions of corporate entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and employee innovation behaviour. The article argues that the theoretical models that are used in studies of innovation behaviour determine the findings and the explanations possible.

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  • Bjorn Willy Amo, 2010. "Corporate entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship related to innovation behaviour among employees," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(2), pages 144-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:2:y:2010:i:2:p:144-158
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    1. Chiara Pellegrini & Eleonora Annunziata & Francesco Rizzi & Marco Frey, 2019. "The role of networks and sustainable intrapreneurship as interactive drivers catalyzing the adoption of sustainable innovation," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(5), pages 1026-1048, September.
    2. Pauli Turunen & Esa Hiltunen, 2019. "Empowering Leadership in a University Spin-off Project: A Case Study of Team Building," South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, , vol. 8(3), pages 335-349, December.
    3. Nina Afriyie, Lemayon L. MelyokiAuthor-Name: Nina Afriyie, Lemayon L. Melyoki & Mariam Nchimbi, 2020. "The Influence of Employee Self-efficacy, Outcome Expectation and Firm Resources on Intrapreneurial Behaviour: Insight from Ghana," Athens Journal of Business & Economics, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), vol. 6(4), pages 349-376, October.
    4. Hernández-Perlines, Felipe & Ariza-Montes, Antonio & Blanco-González-Tejero, Cristina, 2022. "Intrapreneurship research: A comprehensive literature review," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 428-444.
    5. Miguel A. Hernandez, 2019. "Unveiling International New Ventures’ Success: Employee’s Entrepreneurial Behavior," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-32, August.
    6. Sergio Edú Valsania & Juan A. Moriano & Fernando Molero, 2016. "Authentic leadership and intrapreneurial behavior: cross-level analysis of the mediator effect of organizational identification and empowerment," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 131-152, March.
    7. Marc Dressler, 2023. "Generic strategic profiling of entrepreneurial SMEs – environmentalism as hygiene factor," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 121-150, March.

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