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Intrapreneurship in Australian Firms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2016

Jason R. Fitzsimmons ,
Evan J. Douglas ,
Bostjan Antoncic  and
Robert D. Hisrich
Jason R. Fitzsimmons
Affiliation:
Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia, Phone: + 61 73864 2036, Fax:, + 61 73864 1299, Email: j.fitzsimmons@qut.edu.au
Evan J. Douglas
Affiliation:
Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia, Phone: + 61 73864 1089, Fax:, + 61 73864 1299, Email: evan.douglas@qut.edu.au
Bostjan Antoncic
Affiliation:
Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva pl. 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Phone: + 386 1 5892-576, Fax:, + 386 1 5892-698, E-mail: bostjan.antoncic@uni-lj.si
Robert D. Hisrich
Affiliation:
Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International, Management, 15249 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale AZ 85306-6000, USA, Phone: + 1 602 978 7000, E-mail: garvincenter@t-bird.edu
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Abstract

This paper reports on the nature and extent of intrapreneurship (or corporate entrepreneurship) practiced by Australian businesses. We examined the relationship between measures of corporate entrepreneurship and finn growth and profitability. and utilised measures devised by earlier researchers attempting to assess corporate entrepreneurship, viz: new business venturing, innovativeness, self-renewal, and proactiveness. Control variables included industry, finn age, and finn size. Interestingly, we found that the items measuring corporate entrepreneurship loaded onto not four but five factors, effectively splitting the self-renewal measure into two distinct elements, Profitability was significantly correlated with self-renewal (negative) and organisational support (positive) while growth was found to be significantly and positively related to both new business venturing and environmental munificence.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 17 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2005 

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