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Book SynopsisCorporate entrepreneurship is about remaking organizations; it affects organizational cultures and systems which, in turn, influence the magnitude, direction and content of corporate entrepreneurship activities. This Handbook hopes to synthesize what we know and clarify what we need to know about key issues such as strategic renewal, innovation and venturing activities within established companies, giving direction to future research.
This Handbook combines conceptual and empirical contributions covering a wide gamut of theories and perspectives that include: opportunity discovery vs. creation, the behavioral theory of the firm, learning, human capital, agency, and dynamic capabilities. The chapters uncover who the corporate entrepreneur is, how corporate entrepreneurs vary from their independent counterparts, how corporate entrepreneurship influences organizational performance, and the effect of incremental versus radical strategic renewal undertaken within corporate entrepreneurship on financial performance. They also investigate what an organization learns from corporate entrepreneurship, as well as the types of innovation that companies gain through corporate venturing capital investments.
The diversity of authors, perspectives and foci of the chapters highlight the growing depth and breadth of the worldwide research on corporate entrepreneurship and the growing maturity of this research. This book will appeal to scholars and students of entrepreneurship and/or strategic management, as well as managers of established firms.
Contributors: S. Basu, H. Burgers, J.J. Chrisman, D. Day, G. Dushnitsky, S. Georgoulas, J. Hayton, C. Heavey, S.A. Hill, M. Hughes, M. Jelinek, T. Keil, S. Kotha, M. Lewis, M. Maula, E. Memili, D.O. Neubaum, G.C. O'Connor, E.L. Scifres, M. Shaver, Z. Simsek, D. Ucbasaran, V. Van De Vrande, A. Wadhwa, S.A. Zahra
Trade Review'With this Handbook, corporate entrepreneurship has truly come of age as a significant field in entrepreneurship and management. Zahra, Neubaum and Hayton have gathered together in this volume an excellent set of contributions covering the landscape of the theoretical and empirical dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship. Scholars will find particularly stimulating the many directions for further research elaborated throughout the volume that will ensure the longevity of corporate entrepreneurship as a research program.' --Mike Wright, Imperial College London, UK
'Zahra, Neubaum and Hayton have assembled an exciting set of works on corporate entrepreneurship (CE). The Handbook of Research on Corporate Entrepreneurship is a must-read for anyone serious about the topic. It features the world's leading CE thinkers covering an impressive breadth of subjects and perspectives. The literature review that kicks off the volume lays the groundwork for the many novel topics and approaches that follow. I expect this Handbook to become an instant classic in the field.'
--Harry J. Sapienza, University of Minnesota, US
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Shaker A. Zahra, Donald O. Neubaum and James C. Hayton PART I CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INTERNAL VENTURING 1. Internal Corporate Venturing: A Review of (Almost) Five Decades of Literature Susan A. Hill and Stylianos Georgoulas 2. Who is the Corporate Entrepreneur? Insights from Opportunity Discovery and Creation Theory. Henri Burgers and Vareska Van De Vrande 3. A Dynamic Human Capital Perspective on Corporate Opportunity Identification Mathew Hughes, Deniz Ucbasaran and Miranda Lewis PART II CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY 4. Towards a Relational View of Corporate Entrepreneurship Zeki Simsek and Ciaran Heavey 5. Institutionalizing Corporate Entrepreneurship as the Firm’s Innovation Function: Reflections from a Longitudinal Research Program Gina Colarelli O’Connor 6. Strategic Renewal and Firm Performance: Implication of Incremental Versus radical change after environmental upheavals Elton L. Scifres, James J. Chrisman and Esra Memili PART III CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL AND EXTERNAL VENTURING 7. Corporate Venture Capital: Important Themes and Future Directions Sandip Basu, Anu Wadhwa and Suresh Kotha 8. InnoVen and the Monsanto Paradox: Strategic Exploration with the First External Corporate Venture Capital Fund Mariann Jelinek and Diana Day 9. Explorative and Exploitative Learning from Corporate Venture Capital: A Model of Program Level Determinants Thomas Keil, Shaker A. Zahra and Markku Maula 10. What Inventions do Corporate Entrepreneurship Programs Access? Corporate Venture Capital Investment in Complementary and Substituting Ventures. Gary Dushnitsky and Miles Shaver Index
