Properties of balance: A pendulum effect in corporate entrepreneurship

Michael H Morris; Jurie van Vuuren; Jeffrey R Cornwall; Margarietha J Scheepers

doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.04.007

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Properties of balance: A pendulum effect in corporate entrepreneurship

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Properties of balance: A pendulum effect in corporate entrepreneurship

Michael H Morris, Jurie van Vuuren, Jeffrey R Cornwall and Margarietha J Scheepers

Business Horizons, Vol.52(5), pp.429-440

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2009.04.007

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Abstract

Business and Management

Marketing

balance

chaos

corporate entrepreneurship

paradox

work climate

Organizations tend to evolve in ways that are inherently resistant to entrepreneurship. Yet, entrepreneurship is instrumental for ensuring the long-term sustainability of any enterprise. The key to maintaining relatively high levels of entrepreneurship within a company lies in understanding the basic nature of the entrepreneurial experience, recognizing the inherent entrepreneurial potential of all employees, and creating work climates that allow employees to act on that potential. Five primary design elements are identified for facilitating such climates. Underlying these design elements is a set of seemingly conflicting properties. The challenge to companies is to achieve a balance between these properties whereby they are allowed to co-exist. Approaches to implementing this balance are addressed herein.

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Title: Properties of balance: A pendulum effect in corporate entrepreneurship
Authors: Michael H Morris (Author) - Oklahoma University, United States
Jurie van Vuuren (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
Jeffrey R Cornwall (Author) - Belmont University, United States
Margarietha J Scheepers (Author) - Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Publication details: Business Horizons, Vol.52(5), pp.429-440
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2009.04.007
ISSN: 0007-6813
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451012802621
Output Type: Journal article

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