How to promote entrepreneurship within established companies? Human Resource Management and Corporate Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Personnel and Organisation, grade: 1,0, LMU Munich, language: English, abstract: Introduction There is a growing consensus that companies should promote entrepreneurship within their organizational boundaries. This way, established companies are in a position to preserve and reinforce the innovativeness and flexibility from which many young enterprises benefit. The business strategy pursued by organizations which intentionally engage in various entrepreneurial activities is referred to as a corporate entrepreneurship (CE) strategy. The CE strategy implies the continuous development of new products and technologies as well as the flexible adjustment of internal organizational structures and processes. Thus, the pursuance of a CE strategy generally helps those organizations acting in dynamic business environments to enhance their competitiveness and economic viability. Given that today's business environments are increasingly characterized by "rapid technological evolution, glob- alization, and progressively sophisticated competitors" (Schmelter et al., 2010, p. 716), the CE strategy is recommendable for more and more companies. Nonetheless, although researchers paid increased attention to the field of CE over the last three decades, still little is known about how organizations can consciously stimulate and promote their entrepreneurial activities. Assuming that the activities conducted by organ...