Corporate entrepreneurship : top managers and new business creation / Vijay Sathe ; foreword by Peter F. Drucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sathe, Vijay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Creative ability in business.

Executive ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 387 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do large corporations encourage their senior managers to become more entrepreneurial? This is a key question which is seldom addressed in mainstream entrepreneurship studies. Professor Sathe has written this study based on hundreds of hours of interviews with senior managers to help understand why some organizations and some top managers are better than others in fostering entrepreneurship leading to successful new business growth. Corporate Entrepreneurship explores the real world of top managers in a systematic and comprehensive way, examining business realities, the management culture, the corporate philosophy, the organizational politics, the personalities and the personal agendas of the people at the top. The book offers both a theory of corporate entrepreneurship and practical advice on how to manage it better. An interesting and valuable contribution to the literature on strategic management, this is a book that will appeal to graduate students, researchers and reflective practitioners.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Why a consistent emphasis and approach for new business creation is beneficial but difficult to achieve; Part I The business environment; Part II The management culture; Part III The corporate executives; Part IV The division general manager; Part V The division and its top management team; Part VI Putting it all together; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-375) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-16307-0

0-511-12140-7

0-511-06242-7

0-511-20329-2

0-511-32378-6

0-511-48871-8

0-511-07088-8

OCLC:

252485789