Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship (eBook)

Exploring the Co-Creation Pathways of Structural Change and Innovation

Veland Ramadani, Ramo Palalić, Léo-Paul Dana, Norris Krueger, Andrea Caputo (Herausgeber)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2020
XV, 233 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-36951-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book focuses on how to promote innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset within organizations in the context of structural changes. It highlights the importance of internal marketing of innovation and ideas among employees, of creating collaborative spaces, and of company leaders promoting collaboration. The key aspect in all contributions gathered here is to understand the co-creation paths of structural change and innovation, and how they contribute to competitive advantage. The respective chapters address topics such as intrapreneurship, organizational mindset, creating an entrepreneurial orientation, strategic leadership, and internal & external organizational networking. All contributions are based on the latest empirical and theoretical research, and provide key findings and concrete recommendations for organizations.

Veland Ramadani is an Associate Professor at South-East European University, the Republic of Macedonia, where he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in entrepreneurship and small business management. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management, family businesses and venture capital investments. He authored or co-authored around 120 research articles, 10 textbooks and 14 edited books. Dr. Ramadani is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (IJESB). In 2017, he was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of Development Bank of North Macedonia, where for eight months served as an acting Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dr. Ramadani received the Award for Excellence 2016 - Outstanding Paper by Emerald Group Publishing (Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy). His last book, co-authored with Robert D. Hisrich, is Entrepreneurial Marketing, published by Edward Elgar.

Ramo Palali? is an Assistant Professor at the Economics and Management Department, Faculty of Business and Administration, and he is a Coordinator of Leadership and Entrepreneurship Centre (LEC) at the International University of Sarajevo (IUS), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His research interests are entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing, SMEs and family businesses. He teaches at all three cycle study levels in the above areas. Apart from this, he is actively involved in business projects in the areas of entrepreneurial leadership and marketing management, in private and public organizations. He has authored and co-authored several articles, book chapters, and one book in internationally recognized publishers. Additionally, he is serving a few journals as reviewer/editor board member.

Léo-Paul Dana is a Professor at Montpellier Business School (France) and a founding member of the public research centre 'Montpellier Research in Management, MRM (EA 4557, Univ. Montpellier)'. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Chair, which is part of LabEx Entrepreneurship (University of Montpellier, France) and funded by the French government (Labex Entreprendre, ANR-10-Labex-11-01). A graduate of McGill University and HEC-Montreal, he was formerly the Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University (USA) and Visiting Professor at INSEAD.

Norris Krueger is among few scholars who are able to make a difference in research, education and entrepreneurship. Dr. Krueger has managed to keep moving the needle for all three, with proven, recognized expertise in growing entrepreneurial thinkers and entrepreneurial communities. As a thought leader in entrepreneurial learning, his programs earned six national and two global best practice awards. Most-cited scholar in his specialty on entrepreneurial thinking, he's had external fellowships with Max Planck Institute for Economics and Senior Subject Matter Expert at OECD/EU for entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Active on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn & www.norriskrueger.com - feel free to connect!

Andrea Caputo is Reader in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the University of Lincoln (UK), where he co-founded the UNESCO Chair in Responsible Foresight for Sustainable Development and the Lincoln Innovation in Family Enterprises (LIFE) Observatory. He received his PhD in Management from the University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' (Italy). He has also held visiting positions at several universities, like the University of Queensland, George Washington University, University of Malta, Alicante, Macerata and Naples Parthenope. His main research expertise is related to entrepreneurship, strategic management, negotiation, and decision-making. He has authored more than 40 international publications and presented at leading conferences. He is editor of the book series Entrepreneurial Behaviour by Emerald, and the author of the book Strategic Corporate Negotiations, published by Palgrave. 

Inhalt

Foreword 9
Contents 11
Editors and Contributors 13
Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship: An Overview 16
1 Introduction 17
2 Book Structure 18
3 Conclusion 20
References 20
Entrepreneurial Leadership and Its Impact on the Emergence of Entrepreneurial Ventures 23
1 Introduction 23
1.1 Conceptual Framework 24
2 Entrepreneurship 24
3 Leadership 26
4 Entrepreneurial Leadership 27
4.1 Leadership Styles for Entrepreneurial Ventures 29
5 The Concept of Emergence in Entrepreneurship 31
5.1 Entrepreneur, Opportunity, and Venture Emergence 32
6 Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on the Emergence of Ventures 33
7 Conclusion 34
References 34
Too Much of a Good Thing? Employee Human Capital and the Accelerated Internationalization of Belgian Small- and Medium-Sized C... 39
1 Introduction 39
2 Theory and Hypotheses 41
2.1 Accelerated Internationalization 41
2.2 Aggregate Employee Human Capital and Accelerated Internationalization 43
2.3 The ``Too-Much-of-a-Good-Thing´´ Effect of Aggregate Human Capital 44
2.4 The Role of Technology Sector 46
3 Methods 47
3.1 Context of the Study 47
3.2 Sources of Data 47
3.3 Measures 48
3.4 Statistical Procedure 51
4 Results 51
5 Discussion 53
5.1 Main Findings 54
5.2 Boundaries, Limitations, and Directions for Future Research 59
6 Implications and Conclusions 59
Appendix 60
OECD Technology Sector Classification 60
References 61
Entrepreneurial Mindset and SMEs´ Sustainability 66
1 Introduction 66
1.1 Study Objective 67
1.2 Scope of Study 68
1.2.1 Overview of ``Grada?ac´´ City 68
2 The Theory 70
3 Methods 73
3.1 Questionnaire Design 74
3.2 Data Collection 76
4 Data and Results 76
4.1 A Brief Profile of SMEs 76
5 Discussion of Results 77
5.1 Study 1: Understanding the Phenomenon ``Entrepreneurial.´´ What Is It? 78
5.2 Study 2: How to Establish? A Pathway to Success 79
5.3 Study 3: How to Maintain? The Long-Term Success 81
6 Conclusion 82
6.1 Understanding the Phenomenon ``Entrepreneurial´´ 83
6.2 A Pathway to Success 83
6.3 The Long-Term Success 84
6.4 Limitations, Future Work, and Implications 85
References 86
Websites 90
Exploring the Effects of Learning Organization on Innovative Work Behaviors of White-Collar Workers: Sample from Turkey 91
1 Introduction 92
2 Literature Background 93
2.1 Learning Organization 93
3 Innovative Behavior 97
4 Relations Learning Organizations (LO) and Innovative Work Behavior (IWB) 100
5 Research Methodology 101
5.1 Sample and Data Collection 101
5.2 Measures 101
5.3 Analysis and Findings 102
5.3.1 Correlation Analysis 103
5.3.2 Regression Analysis 103
6 Discussion 105
References 107
Features of the Entrepreneurial Mindset of SMEs´ Owners in the Moldavian Unfriendly Environment 113
1 Introduction 114
2 Literature Review 114
3 Profile of the SMEs Sector and Assessment of the Business Environment in the Republic of Moldova 116
4 Business Strategies of Moldavian Entrepreneurs in an Unfriendly Environment 119
5 Some Conclusions 128
References 128
Skill Sets, Employee Types, and Strategies for Remediation: Analytical and Clinical Considerations for the Workplace 132
1 Introduction 132
2 Focusing on Specific Skills 134
3 Interpersonal Interaction Skills 136
4 Employee Prototypes 140
5 Introduction to Coaching and Counseling 144
6 Strategies 148
7 Discussion and Conclusions 158
References 160
Human Capital and Innovation: An Analysis of Western Balkans 163
1 Introduction 163
2 A Framework of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Human Capital, and Innovation 165
3 Methodology 169
4 Peculiarities of the Western Balkans Region 170
5 Current Economic Situation of WB 176
6 Analysis of Selected Indicators in WB 178
6.1 Human Capital 179
6.2 Innovation 182
7 Conclusion 184
7.1 Limitations and Future Research 186
References 186
Entrepreneurial Marketing Mindset: What Entrepreneurs Should Know? 191
1 Introduction 192
2 Literature Review 193
2.1 History and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Marketing 193
2.2 Entrepreneurial Marketing as a Research Field 195
2.3 Emerging Nature of Entrepreneurial Marketing 198
2.4 Entrepreneurial Marketing Definition 200
2.5 Differences Between Traditional and Entrepreneurial Marketing 202
2.6 Entrepreneurial Marketing Types 206
2.6.1 Guerrilla Marketing 206
2.6.2 Ambush Marketing 208
2.6.3 Buzz Marketing 208
2.6.4 Viral Marketing 209
2.6.5 Social Media Marketing 209
2.7 Entrepreneurial Marketing Dimensions 210
3 Conclusions and Further Research Directions 215
References 215
Corporate Entrepreneurship: From Structures to Mindset 221
1 Introduction 221
1.1 Challenge of Corporate Entrepreneurship 221
1.2 Extending the Literature to Understand the Corporate Entrepreneur 223
2 Explorative Case 225
2.1 Research Setting and Data 225
2.2 Data Analysis 226
2.2.1 Descriptive Analysis 226
2.2.2 Thematic Analysis 228
2.2.3 Combining Descriptive and Thematic Analysis 228
2.2.4 Context Analysis: How Is CE EMS Enabled? 230
3 Discussion 233
3.1 Who Is a Corporate Entrepreneur? 233
3.2 The Faces of a Corporate Entrepreneur 234
3.3 Contextual and Situational Nature of EMS 235
3.4 Corporate EMS 236
4 Conclusion 238
References 240

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.2.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics
• Reihe/Serie: Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 233 p. 26 illus., 25 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Schlagworte: Business dynamics and organizational structure • Human capital investments and innovation • Human resources for innovation • Intrapreneurship development • Organizational co-creation and structural change • Organizational psychology and entrepreneurship • Strategic leadership and organizational development
• ISBN-10: 3-030-36951-X / 303036951X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-36951-4 / 9783030369514