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Environmental influences on corporate entrepreneurship: executive perspectives on the internet

Authors: Ravi Kathuria, Maheshkumar P. Joshi

Published in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal | Issue 2/2007

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This paper focuses on the likelihood of firms adopting corporate entrepreneurship in response to the challenges and opportunities presented by a change in their business environment shaped by the growth of the Internet. We further examined if firms are willing to modify their existing systems in response to such a change. We also investigated the paths or modes of entrepreneurship that firms would adopt when they perceive being entrepreneurial to be a viable response in light of a specific change in their business environment. Finally, we identified the impediments that firms may need to overcome when adopting corporate entrepreneurship. Results based on the data from senior executives lend support to our hypotheses. Managerial implications of the results are discussed.

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Title: Environmental influences on corporate entrepreneurship: executive perspectives on the internet
Authors: Ravi Kathuria
Maheshkumar P. Joshi
Publication date: 01-06-2007
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Published in: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 1554-7191
Electronic ISSN: 1555-1938
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-006-0029-5

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