Corporate entrepreneurship in network organizations: How subsidiary initiative drives internal market efficiency Export

@article{citeulike:4052048, abstract = {Julian Birkinshaw believes that corporate entrepreneurship can play an important strategic r\^{o}le in the business development of large, multinational firms, and he particularly identifies internal initiatives by subsidiary companies. The growth of network organizations is relevant here, and he puts forward a framework for an 'internal market' to understand how they work. The internal market model is used to examine the various roles that corporate entrepreneurs can play in the large firm, with the aim of achieving network optimization. The author assesses the costs and benefits of internal initiatives, and points out the importance of arriving at an appropriate level of subsidiary entrepreneurship, agreed by head office and subsidiary, rather than applying blanket prescriptions.}, author = {Birkinshaw, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {4052048}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0263-2373(98)00012-7}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0263-2373(98)00012-7}, doi = {10.1016/S0263-2373(98)00012-7}, issn = {02632373}, journal = {European Management Journal}, keywords = {corporate, drives, efficiency, entrepreneurship, how, initiative, internal, market, network, organizations, subsidiary}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {355--364}, posted-at = {2009-02-14 17:40:35}, priority = {4}, title = {Corporate entrepreneurship in network organizations: How subsidiary initiative drives internal market efficiency}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0263-2373(98)00012-7}, volume = {16}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4052048 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4052048 N2 - Julian Birkinshaw believes that corporate entrepreneurship can play an important strategic rôle in the business development of large, multinational firms, and he particularly identifies internal initiatives by subsidiary companies. The growth of network organizations is relevant here, and he puts forward a framework for an ‘internal market' to understand how they work. The internal market model is used to examine the various roles that corporate entrepreneurs can play in the large firm, with the aim of achieving network optimization. The author assesses the costs and benefits of internal initiatives, and points out the importance of arriving at an appropriate level of subsidiary entrepreneurship, agreed by head office and subsidiary, rather than applying blanket prescriptions. IS - 3 JF - European Management Journal SN - 02632373 EP - 364 TI - Corporate entrepreneurship in network organizations: How subsidiary initiative drives internal market efficiency VL - 16 SP - 355 KW - corporate KW - drives KW - efficiency KW - entrepreneurship KW - how KW - initiative KW - internal KW - market KW - network KW - organizations KW - subsidiary AU - Birkinshaw, J PY - 1998/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0263-2373(98)00012-7 ER -