Conceptualizing Corporate Entrepreneurship Strategy Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Our knowledge of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) continues to expand. However, this knowledge remains quite fragmented and noncumulative. Herein, we conceptualize CE strategy as a useful focal point for integrating and synthesizing key elements within CE's intellectual domain. The components of our CE strategy model include (1) the antecedents of CE strategy (i.e., individual entrepreneurial cognitions of the organization's members and external environmental conditions that invite entrepreneurial activity), (2) the elements of CE strategy (i.e., top management's entrepreneurial strategic vision for the firm, organizational architectures that encourage entrepreneurial processes and behavior, and the generic forms of entrepreneurial process that are reflected in entrepreneurial behavior), and (3) the outcomes of CE strategy (i.e., organizational outcomes resulting from entrepreneurial actions, including the development of competitive capability and strategic repositioning). We discuss how our model contributes to the CE literature, distinguish our model from prior models, and identify challenges future CE research should address.

published proceedings

  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE

author list (cited authors)

  • Ireland, R. D., Covin, J. G., & Kuratko, D. F.

citation count

  • 508

complete list of authors

  • Ireland, R Duane||Covin, Jeffrey G||Kuratko, Donald F

publication date

  • January 2009