Exploring the synergy between entrepreneurship and innovation

By Fang Zhao. 2005

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Purpose – To contribute to an understanding of the complementary nature of entrepreneurship and innovation through an empirical study of various organisations; and to develop an integrative framework of the interaction between entrepreneurship and innovation.Design/methodology/approach – The study takes a qualitative approach in exploring the synergies between entrepreneurship and innovation and in analysing the factors that foster an interaction between the two. Case studies of six entrepreneurial and innovative organisations and in‐depth interviews with senior managers were conducted to complement a comprehensive literature review of entrepreneurship and innovation.Findings – The study has found that: entrepreneurship and innovation are positively related to each other and interact to help an organisation to flourish; entrepreneurship and innovation are complementary, and a combination of the two is vital to organisational success and sustainability in today's dynamic and changing environment; entrepren...

Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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The role of ICT and innovation in enhancing organizational performance: The catalysing effect of corporate entrepreneurship (2017, background): “The previous studies have also examined the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship (Rosenbusch, Brinckmann, & Bausch, 2011; Zhao, 2005) and reported the importance of entrepreneurial strategies in the achievement of competitive advantage (Roaldsen & Borch, 2011).”
College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention: Testing an Integrated Model of SDT and TPB (2019, background): “EI research provides support for the relationship between PBC and EI (Almobaireek & Manolova, 2012; Iakovleva et al., 2011; Liñán & Chen, 2009; Moriano et al., 2012; Siu & Lo, 2013; van Gelderen et al., 2008; Zhao, 2005) among others.”
Entrepreneurship barriers and entrepreneurial inclination among Malaysian postgraduate students (2011, background): “There is no formal definition of entrepreneurship due to lack of consensus on it ( Zhao, 2005”
Sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability innovation: categories and interactions (2011, background): “20, 222–237 (2011) DOI: 10.1002/bse entrepreneurs; they represent actors inside an organization who substantially change and shape the environmental and business growth development of the company (Jorna, 2006; Zhao, 2005).”
Building Futures or Stealing Secrets? (2007, background): “So, an entrepreneurial fi rm owner is one who feels able to challenge the status quo and so must be prepared to be, in varying degrees, creative, innovative and opportunity focused (Amit et al., 1993; Deakins and Freel, 2003; Zhau, 2005).”
Entrepreneur training for creativity and innovation (2010, background): “Studies have found that entrepreneurship and innovation are positively related to each other and interact to help an organization to flourish (Zhao, 2005; Flynn et al., 2003).”
Entrepreneurship as Catalyst for Sustainable Development: Opening the Black Box (2019, background): “Innovation is inseparable from this process [16,20,21].”