These five products have one thing in common: Each started out as an idea hatched by a mid-level employee — and ended up changing a company or revolutionizing an industry. Post-it Notes Intrapreneurs: Spencer Silver and Art Fry...
Seven successful intrapreneurs reveal what it took to launch new ventures at Kodak, Toyota, Yahoo, and other major companies. .logoimg { float:right; border:1px solid #eee; padding:4px; background:#fff;} Kodak Intrapreneur:...
Starting a new venture within an established company can satisfy the entrepreneurial itch — without the risks of going solo. Learn how “intrapreneurship” can give your career, and your company, a boost. Ever dream of leaving your middle-management job and striking out on your own? For a lot of people,...
LAST MONTH, KULIM M BHD'S plan to buy the remaining 28.96% of Sindora Bhd shares hit a snag after the latter's independent adviser, Affin Investment Bank Bhd, said the offer price of RM1.72 per share was too low. Affin asked Sindora's minority shareholders to reject Kulim's...
INTRAPRENEURSHIP IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE YOUR ENTREpreneurial skills within a company or organization. It is a great way to gain corporate independence as well as increase your profile within the company and the industry. Robert Wallace, author and CEO of Bithgroup Technologies Inc. in Baltimore, shares...
From entrepreneurs looking to bringcommercial MEMS technology to market, intrapreneurs considering the launchof a MEMS business unit within a larger company, and venture capitalistshoping to invest profitably in an innovative industry, interest in MEMS --or microelectromechanical systems -- has never been so high. Responding tothis emergent demand, MEMS Industry Group...
Anyone who's an expert in any field can becomea thoughtleader, says a new book, "The Expert's Edge" McGraw Hill by KenLizotte, which reveals the secrets of thoughtleaders. "It doesn't matter whether you're a clutter-reduction expert, a lawyer or aconsultant. If you use the right strategy and tactics, you will...
--Top Global Executive Search Firm Details How Multinationals and Entrepreneurs Can Harness India's Executive Talent in Global Tug of War-- MUMBAI, India -- A new series of quarterly reports by leading global executive search firm Boyden makes its debut today in India. The Boyden Report...
October 10-11, 2007 at the San Jose (Calif.) Convention Center SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Virtual Worlds Management, the leading media company for professionals in the virtual worlds industry, announced that Christian Renaud of the Cisco Technology Center will deliver the Thursday keynote at the Virtual...
Executive Summary This article focuses on understanding corporate entrepreneurship and how intrapreneurs develop through the use of literature, an interview of a corporate entrepreneur, and personal experiences of the authors on how a company can enhance its longevity and remain competitive by embracing entrepreneurship as an organizational value. The...
ABSTRACT This empirical study explores the logic of action used by intrapreneurs when undertaking internal ventures. The design of this qualitative study includes the identification of a sample of 59 internal ventures undertaken by 39 middle managers in 35 complex multidivisional organizations in Canada. The findings of this exploratory...
JOHOR Corporation JCorp's formulation of its intrapreneur venture business model reflects the group's seriousness in playing a role to grow Bumiputera entrepreneurs. Chief Executive Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim says JCorp's intrapreneur venture business model is one of the solutions for the New Economic Policy problems for...
Build valuable business skills and know-how totake your career and company to the next level at The EntrepreneurialSkills Conference, February 8 - 9, 2007 at the Microsoft Conference Centerin Mountain View, CA. The nation's top authors, experts, business leadersand professors will share their secrets and strategies to spark yourentrepreneurial drive...
Byline: Lisa Messenger Sep 20, 2006 (Human Resources - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Entrepreneurs have the capacity to act quickly and set their own agenda. Women working for companies can instead opt to become "intrapreneurs". This involves learning how to overcome...
Globalisation, commoditisation, increasing regulation and shortening product/service life-cycles are squeezing the margins of those former state-owned monopolies that are now responsible for maintaining the infrastructure used by newer, more nimble competitors. This paradigm challenges the very organisations that form the backbone of developed economies. Prominent among them are...
Globalisation, commoditisation, increasing regulation and shortening product/service life-cycles are squeezing the margins of those former state-owned monopolies that are now responsible for maintaining the infrastructure used by newer, more nimble competitors. This paradigm challenges the very organisations that form the backbone of...
I am proud of you for publishing "What it Takes to Be a Successful Intrapreneur" December 2005). We need more of them. It is one of those articles that can allow a person to transcend and have a shot at differentiating himself or herself in a very competitive corporate environment....
WHAT'S AN IDEA WORTH? TO A CORPORATE entity willing to embrace and support it, the right idea could bring millions, Lockheed Martin Information Technology, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin and the brainchild of its president, Linda Gooden, made more than $2 billion this year. Dafina Books, an imprint of Kensington...
Paul Burns, Corporate Entrepreneurship: Building an Entrepreneurial Organisation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 352 pp. ISBN 1-40390-809-5, 26.99 [pounds sterling] pbk. This book is about building an entrepreneurial organization and Paul Burns states in the preface (p. xviii) that 'Corporate entrepreneurship...
If you are devoting energy to developing strategies on how to best motivate your team, you are wasting your time. To see results, you must shift your focus to motivating the individuals who make up that team. Over the past 10 years, I have managed projects both as an entrepreneur...
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