Synopses & Reviews
This innovative book will be a useful and trusted reference throughout your career, no matter which company or industry you work within. CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP and INNOVATION is a one-of-a-kind book for the emerging business arena of entrepreneurship and innovation. Built on years of research and experience, the book employs a clear and informative how-to approach and features sections and chapters organized according to a summary model of the corporate entrepreneurship process. This groundbreaking book fulfills a real business need, because many executives consider entrepreneurial behavior a key to sustaining their companies' competitive advantage, but few possess genuine knowledge of the subject or understand how to apply it. The Third Edition of CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP and INNOVATION provides detailed, actionable answers to the "what," "how," "where," and "who" questions surrounding corporate entrepreneurship, giving you the knowledge and skills to take a leadership role in today?s dynamic business environment.
Synopsis
Here's a text you'll refer to throughout your career, regardless of company or industry. CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP and INNOVATION is a one-of-a-kind text for the emerging business arena of entrepreneurship and innovation. While many companies agree that innovation is the key in sustaining their competitive advantage, few hold a true knowledge of the subject and how to put it into practice. With the "what", "how", "where", and "who" questions all answered in this comprehensive, professional text, you'll develop the skills and business savvy to be more marketable and lead companies to success.
About the Author
Michael Morris holds the Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University and serves as Chairman of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises. He previously served as the Harold and Sandy Noborikawa Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Hawaii and the Cintas Chair in Entrepreneurship at Miami University. The Syracuse Program has been recognized as the National Model Entrepreneurship Program in the USA. A widely published author and researcher, Dr. Morris has written four books and over 100 academic articles. He has served as Chair of the American Marketing Association's Task Force on Marketing and Entrepreneurship and as editor of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. In addition, he has been a principal in three entrepreneurial start-ups. Twice honored by Pi Sigma Epsilon as national Faculty Advisor of the Year, Dr. Morris has received Edwin M. and Gloria W. Appel Prize for contributions to the field of entrepreneurship, was inducted as a ?21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow?. He is a former Fulbright Scholar (South Africa, 1993).Dr. Donald F. Kuratko is the Jack M. Gill Chair of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Entrepreneurship and Executive Director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Dr. Kuratko is a national leader in the field of entrepreneurship authoring over 160 articles on entrepreneurship and corporate innovation as well as 24 books, including the leading entrepreneurship textbook, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice. Dr. Kuratko has been a consultant on Corporate Innovation to Fortune 100 corporations and he is the Executive Director of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. Professor Kuratko's honors include the Entrepreneur of the Year for the state of Indiana; the George Washington Medal of Honor; the Leavey Foundation Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise; the NFIB Entrepreneurship Excellence Award; the National Model Innovative Pedagogy Award for Entrepreneurship; the National Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator; and a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow. Dr. Kuratko was honored in Entrepreneur magazine as the premiere Entrepreneurship Program Director in the nation. In 2007 The U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship honored him with the prestigious John E. Hughes Entrepreneurial Advocacy Award for his career achievements. Also in 2007 the National Academy of Management honored him with the prestigious Entrepreneurship Advocate Award for his contributions to the development and advancement of the discipline of entrepreneurship. Under Dr. Kuratko's leadership Indiana University's Entrepreneurship Program has been ranked the top Graduate Business School for Entrepreneurship (Public Institutions) and the top Undergraduate Business School for Entrepreneurship (Public Institutions) by U.S. News and World Report.Dr. Jeffrey G. Covin is the Samuel and Pauline Glaubinger Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategic Management at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Dr. Covin is a leading scholar in the fields of entrepreneurship, strategic management, and technology management, with several dozen articles published in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Sloan Management Review, Journal of Business Research, and the Journal of High Technology Management Research. His research has been recognized nationally with awards including ET&P?s Best Journal Article award for the years 1991 and 1997 and the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Best Journal Article in Corporate Entrepreneurship award for the years 1991 and 2000. His articles have twice been chosen for the prestigious AnBar Citation of Excellence award. Dr. Covin was identified as the second-most published author of scholarly articles on the topic of entrepreneurship in a study published in the Journal of Management in 1997. He co-developed the Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship Program at IU which received national acclaim by being named the National Model Ph.D. Program in Entrepreneurship by USASBE. Dr. Covin has been named a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow by the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Entrepreneurship Mentor Award by the Academy of Management for his exemplary work in developing Ph.D. students and junior-level faculty in the entrepreneurship field. Prior to joining the Kelley School of Business, Dr. Covin held the Hal and John Smith Chair of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 1. The New Entrepreneurial Imperative. 2. The Unique Nature of Corporate Entrepreneurship. 3. Levels of Entrepreneurship in Organizations: Entrepreneurial Intensity. 4. The Forms of Corporate Entrepreneurship. 5. Entrepreneurship in Other Contexts: Non-Profit and Government Organizations. SECTION II: CREATING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ORGANIZATION. 6. Human Resources in the Entrepreneurial Organization: The Creative Individual. 7. Human Resources and the Entrepreneurial Organization: The Organizational Perspective. 8. Corporate Strategy and Entrepreneurship. 9. Structuring the Company for Entrepreneurship. 10. Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture. SECTION III: ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE. 11. Constraints on Entrepreneurial Performance. 12. Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization. 13. Assessing Entrepreneurial Performance. 14. Control and Entrepreneurial Activity. 15. Sustaining Entrepreneurial Performance in the 21st Century Organization.