Searching for the Intrapreneur – A Descriptive Study

• Corporate entrepreneurship literature has identified the overall phenomena of intrapreneurship, but there is much more to know about an individual intrapreneur. This paper investigates the individual intrapreneurial characteristics empirically and presents descriptive statistics of a sample with 4,011 respondents. The findings paint a picture of the characteristics of the average intrapreneur: a 42-year-old man with a university degree employed in his host corporation in the manufacturing industry for about 0–5 years and has a manager position in a large corporation of 50–249 employees. The results contribute to the corporate entrepreneurship literature by showing different descriptive statistics of what characterizes an average intrapreneur. Implications for management of the corporations are discussed in order to encourage employees to behave intrapreneurially. Thus, corporations that identify, retain, and support their intrapreneurs tend to perform better than others. 

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

corporate entrepreneurship

intrapreneur

characteristics

descriptive statistics

Business Studies

Företagsekonomi

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