Abstract
This article posits that entrepreneurial behavior within an organization can only be effectively created and controlled through an appropriate corporate culture. Corporate culture is viewed as a social structure that possesses two facets that are central to entrepreneurship. The first facet is a superstructure that provides an ideology to which organizational participants can commit to. The second is a sociostructure that facilitates the emergence of social capital, which can provide a form of sustainable competitive advantage.
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EntrepreneurshipCommitSocial capitalBusinessIdeologyOrganizational cultureCompetitive advantageSuperstructureFacet (psychology)Economic systemBusiness administrationPublic relationsIndustrial organizationMarketingSociologyEconomicsPolitical scienceSocial psychologyPsychologyPolitics
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- 1997
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 10-30
- Citations
- 220
- Access
- Closed
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Lai Hong Chung,
Patrick T. Gibbons
(1997).
Corporate Entrepreneurship.
Group & Organization Management
, 22
(1)
, 10-30.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601197221004
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- DOI
- 10.1177/1059601197221004