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The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23137 The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry Beyer, Buzz upetd@up.ac.za Kriel, Phoebe UCTD Entrepreneurship Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Purpose - This study investigates the nature of Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) in the Liquor industry in South Africa. This industry finds itself in turbulent trading conditions and all liquor segments compete for the same share of throat with a situation where competitiveness is increasing within a “free trade” climate. Corporate Entrepreneurship serves as an unconditional solution in this regard. This study defines CE in broad as entrepreneurship within the boundaries of organisational context. It implies the application of the principles of innovation coupled with entrepreneurial traits and orientation. Methodology – The research design embraces firstly a secondary assessment of the research evidence available in the sub-science, Corporate Entrepreneurship and secondly an empirical investigation based on quantitative assessment measures. The Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI) was used as the data collection tool whereby the organisations identified areas where management and in particular middle management can make noteworthy impact by developing strategies that can create, increase or sustain endeavours toward Corporate Entrepreneurship. Results – It was found that management support is the underlying factor that initiates and drives entrepreneurship. The results presented a trend that showed an increase in length of tenure with an organisation and the liquor industry in particular. The availability of time plays a very important role initiating entrepreneurial actions from within an organisation. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:38:53Z 2010-05-26 2013-09-06T14:38:53Z 2010-03-12 2010-05-26 2010-03-12 Dissertation Kriel, P 2008, The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23137 > G10/34/mh http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23137 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122010-154055/ © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Entrepreneurship The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry |
| title | The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry |
| title_full | The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry |
| title_fullStr | The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry |
| title_short | The nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African liquor industry |
| title_sort | nature of corporate entrepreneurship in the south african liquor industry |
| topic | UCTD Entrepreneurship |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23137 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122010-154055/ |