SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT – Kaplan Delivery

MN3626K – Corporate Entrepreneurship – Feb, 2021

OUTLINE
Entrepreneurship and small business underlie economic growth and is often taught from a
new venture creation perspective. corporate entrepreneurship drives value creation and
advantage seeking in large organisations. As such, explains how large established firms can
implement entrepreneurialism. The focus of corporate entrepreneurship is broad and rich, and
draws on various scholarly disciplines such as management, economics, psychology and
sociology. This module will provide students with insights into entrepreneurship in large
organisations, through a corporate entrepreneurship lens. The module will critically analyse
subject specific knowledge, theories, concepts and frames. More specifically, will critically
analyse the role and importance of: entrepreneurial traits and antecedent influences;
organisational architecture; management tools and techniques; strategy development; and
creativity and opportunity.

LEARNIING OUTCOMES
By the end of the module, students should be able to:

•demonstrate a systematic understanding of various dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship

and the various forms of corporate entrepreneurship

•analyse and apply different methods for evaluating conditions that foster corporate
entrepreneurship

 •critically review conceptual and empirical work relating to the relationship between
corporate entrepreneurship and various organisational outcomes with a particular focus on
strategy development and practise

•distinguish the barriers that constrain managers and their companies from being
entrepreneurial

•communicate and present conceptual and empirical analysis on corporate entrepreneurship

conditions in real world companies

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND WEIGHTING

The assessment strategy for this Kaplan Undergraduate module represents the following:
assessment (1) – individual report 2000 words [max]; and assessment (2) – alternative
assessment – individual online essay 1200 words [max].

■ASSESSMENT (1) – Individual report brief [weight 40%]: The individual report reflects a
2000 word (max) piece of coursework and assesses a student’s ability to identify and
understand theories and relate them to different business contexts and situations. In addition,
assesses a student’s ability to undertake research-reading, conceptualise, analyse and write
incisively and clearly.

In the individual report:

First, you are required to review the academic literature pertaining to ‘organisation
structure theory’ in the scholarly field of corporate entrepreneurship [approx. 800
words].

Second, select a successful large entrepreneurial organisation of your choice, then,

demonstrate how it practically builds an entrepreneurial organisation structure
[approx. 800 words].

Introduction [approx. 200 words] and Conclusion [approx. 200 words].

†Please note that the word limit is the maximum. Due – 29th Mar.

CORE COURSE TEXT

Burns, P. (2013). Corporate Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan: New York, London.
[especially Parts 1, 2 and 3].
In order to undertake any signposted required reading, you should buy this book or borrow
this book from the library (short-term high usage loan or shelf reference copies).

READING LIST

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LEARNING BLOCKS AND LECTURER

Learning Block [Lecturer] Burns text chapter focus

Learning Block 1 [Dr Naidu] Introduction: The entrepreneurial revolution – Burns chapter (1)

Learning Block 2 [Dr Lee] Entrepreneurial DNA – Burns chapter (2)

Learning Block 3 [Dr Naidu] Entrepreneurial architecture – Burns chapter (3)

Learning Block 4 [Dr Lee] Becoming an entrepreneurial leader – Burns chapter (4)

Learning Block 5 [Dr Lee] Building the organisation structure – Burns chapter (6)

Learning Block 6 [Dr Naidu] Managing the entrepreneurial organisation – Burns chapter (7)

Learning Block 7 [Dr Naidu] Intrapreneurship and corporate venturing – Burns chapter (8)

Learning Block 8 [Dr Lee] Developing entrepreneurial strategy – Burns chapter (9)

Learning Block 9 [Dr Naidu] Creativity and idea generation – Burns chapter (13)

FURTHER READING – SELECTED BOOKS

Drucker, P. (1985). Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Butterworth-Heinemann: London.

Hitt, M.A., Ireland, R.D., Camp, S.M. and Sexton, D.L. (2006). Strategic Entrepreneurship.
Blackwell: Oxford.

Kuratko, D.F., Morris, M.H. and Covin, J.G. (2011). Corporate Entrepreneurship and
Innovation. South Western Cengage Learning: Mason, OH.

Sathe, V. (2003). Corporate Entrepreneurship. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

FURTHER READING – SELECTED ARTICLES

Antoncic, B. and Hisrich, D. (2004). Corporate entrepreneurship contingencies and
organizational wealth creation. Journal of Management Development 23, 518-550

Burgers, J., Jansen, J., Van den Bosch, F. and Volberda, H. (2009). Structural differentiation
and corporate venturing: The moderating role of formal and informal integration
mechanisms. Journal of Business Venturing, 24, 206–220.
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 Chung, L. and Gibbons, P. (1997). Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Roles of Ideology and
Social Capital. Group and Organization Management, 22, 10-30.

de Villiers-Scheepers, M. (2012). Antecedents of strategic corporate entrepreneurship.

European Business Review 24, 400-424.

Hitt, M., Ireland, R., Sirmon, D. and Trahms, S. (2011). Strategic Entrepreneurship: Creating
Value for Individuals, Organizations and Society. Academy of Management Perspectives, 25,
57-75.

Jones, O. (2005). Manufacturing regeneration through corporate entrepreneurship – Middle

managers and organizational innovation. International Journal of Operations & Production
Management, 25, 491-511.

Ireland, R., Kuratko, F. and Morris, M. (2006). A health audit for corporate entrepreneurship:
innovation at all levels: part I. Journal of Business Strategy 27, 10-17

Kuratko, D., Audretsch, D. (2009). Strategic Entrepreneurship: Exploring different

perspectives of an emerging concept’. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33, 1-17.

Lurdes Calisto, M and Sarkar S. (2017). Organizations as biomes of entrepreneurial life:

Towards a clarification of the corporate entrepreneurship process. Journal of Business
Research, 70, 44-54.

Moschieri, C. and Mair, J. (2017). Corporate Entrepreneurship: Partial Divestitures as a Real

Option: Corporate Entrepreneurship. European Management Review, 14, 67-82.

Stokvic, H., Adriaenssen, D. and Johannessen, J. (2016). Strategic entrepreneurship and

intrapreneurial intensity. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14, 348-359.

Thornberry, N.E. (2003). Corporate entrepreneurship: teaching managers to be entrepreneurs.

Journal of Management Development. 22, 329-344.

Wolcott, R. and Lippitz, M. (2007). The Four Models of Corporate Entrepreneurship. MIT
Sloan Management Review, 49, 74-82.

USEFUL JOURNALS
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Journal of Business Venturing
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
International Small Business Journal
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Small Business Economics
Journal of Small Business Management
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
Venture Capital

 Academy of Management Journal

Academy of Management Review
Academy of Management Perspectives
Strategic Management Journal
Journal of Management Studies
British Journal of Management
International Journal of Management Reviews
European Management Review
Research Policy
R & D Management
Technovation
Industry and Innovation

USEFUL WEBSITES
http://www.nesta.org.uk/
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship_en
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/innovation_en
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/innovation/facts-figures/scoreboards_en
http://www.oecd.org/innovation/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-
industrial-strategy

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/#2827b32437dc
https://hbr.org/
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/
https://cmr.berkeley.edu/