Seyed Mehdi Alvani; Saeed Safari; Reza Kohan Hoosh Nejad; Saeed Khodamoradi
Abstract
According to the dynamism and complexity of today's business environment, the importance of applying entrepreneurial thinking and actions and creating entrepreneurial organizations is evident. Nowadays, organizations have particular considerations to corporate entrepreneurship due to its role in gaining ...
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According to the dynamism and complexity of today's business environment, the importance of applying entrepreneurial thinking and actions and creating entrepreneurial organizations is evident. Nowadays, organizations have particular considerations to corporate entrepreneurship due to its role in gaining sustainable competitive advantage through innovation, risk taking and strategic renewal of organizations. With regard to the fact that providing conditions for implementation of extra dimensions has attracted the attention of many researchers, the purpose of this study was with a comprehensive approach to identify and prioritize the factors affecting corporate entrepreneurship in food industries. CE can identify and develop value creation opportunities in the food industry. The first statistical population of this research consisted of 714 participants including executives, professionals and entrepreneurial organizationexperts in the food industries of Behrouz, Zamzam, Pak, Golestan, Mohsen, which have been selected as sample in random, according to Cochran Formula 250. The second statistical population was selected within 16 experts and professors of entrepreneurship management in universities to prioritize the factors. The research is applicable in aim, and descriptive-correlative in conduction. The Structural Equation Modeling and Fuzzy Hierarchy Analyze process techniques were used to analyze information. The results show that the four organizational, individual, strategic and environmental factors have positive effects on corporate entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial companies in the food industry and the fact that organizational factors are more important in this regard.
Seyyed Mehdi Alvani; Reza Kohan Hoosh Nejad; Saeed Safari; Saeed Khodamoradi
Volume 22, Issue 70 , July 2013, , Pages 1-24
Abstract
One of the Desirable mechanisms for organizations in order to respond the ever-increasing environmental changes in the business environment both in a quick and appropriate way is building entrepreneur organizations. Entrepreneurial organizations provide the implementation of dimensions corporate entrepreneurship ...
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One of the Desirable mechanisms for organizations in order to respond the ever-increasing environmental changes in the business environment both in a quick and appropriate way is building entrepreneur organizations. Entrepreneurial organizations provide the implementation of dimensions corporate entrepreneurship through institutionalizing entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study is identifying and prioritizing the Organizational Factors affecting the Implementation of Corporate Entrepreneurship Dimensions in Iranian Organizations, due to the fact that these days providing the required conditions aiming to implement entrepreneurship dimensions has increasingly attracted the attention of many researchers and additionally the significant role of organizational factors in this area has been remarkably considered. The first statistical population consists of 714 samples such as: executives, professionals and experts in some Iranian industrial food companies such as Bahrouz, Zamzam, pak, Golestan and Mohsen. Then 250 of them are randomly selected as our sample according to Cochran Formula. The second statistical population is selected within 16 experts and professors of Entrepreneurship management Universities to prioritizing the factors. So that the second statistical sample is determined by applying the census. The research is based on applied and conducted in the manner described - correlation. To analyze information, the Structural Equation Modeling and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process techniques is used. The results shows that components of organizational factors have a positive impact on institutionalize entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial companies in the food industries and institutionalize entrepreneurship in organizations have a positive impact on the implementation of corporate entrepreneurship dimensions.