Corporate Entrepreneurship Top Managers and New Business Creation

Name: Corporate Entrepreneurship Top Managers and New Business Creation
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ISBN: 9780521824996

ISBN-10: 0521824990

ISBN-13: 9780521824996

Edition: 2003

Authors: Vijay Sathe, Peter F. Drucker

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A pioneering book, this study reveals why some organisations excel at fostering entrepreneurship leading to new business growth. The focus of the study is on the need to encourage senior managers to adopt a more entrepreneurial role within larger corporations.

Book details

List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/26/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 406
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Peter F. Drucker has been Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate School in California since 1971.



List of figures


List of tables


Foreword


Preface


List of abbreviations



Introduction



Why a consistent emphasis and approach for new business creation is beneficial but difficult to achieve



The Business Environment



The external business environment



The internal business environment



The Management Culture



Shared beliefs about rewards, risks, opportunities and rule-bending



Shared beliefs about control and learning



The Corporate Executives



The bigger-is-better corporate philosophy



The small-is-beautiful corporate philosophy



New business creation challenges for corporate executives



Guidance and coaching by the DGM's boss and support and challenge by the controllers



The Division General Manager



The DGM's personal assets



The DGM's motivation and strategy for new business creation



Building corporate support for new business creation



Leading the division for new business creation



The Division and Its Top Management Team



The identification and pursuit of new business opportunities



Other new business creation challenges for the division



The division's organization, competence and collaboration for new business creation



The effectiveness of the division's top management team



Putting it All Together



How the five major influences interact to drive new business creation



Managing ten critical issues in new business creation


Notes


Bibliography


Index