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- Title
Entrepreneurship in established organizations: The case of the public sector.
- Authors
Morris, Michael H.; Jones, Foard F.
- Abstract
The potential role of entrepreneurship in public sector organizations is explored. Entrepreneurship is conceptualized as a manageable process with underlying dimensions of innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness. Unique characteristics of the public sector environment are examined, and e number of core principles and concepts from entrepreneurship are applied. Arguments against the application of these concepts are addressed. Results are reported of a survey of 152 public sector managers in South Africa. The findings suggest that these managers find entrepreneurship to be a salient concept for their organizations, and that the key obstacles to its implementation are very similar to those reported by corporate managers. Implications are drawn for theory and practice, and a number of suggestions are made for further research.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; NEW business enterprises; PUBLIC institutions; NONPROFIT organizations; PERSONNEL management; BUSINESS
- Publication
Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 1999, Vol 24, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
1042-2587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/104225879902400105