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Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26508 Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study Olivier, Johan ichelp@gibs.co.za Mathebula, Percy UCTD Strategic entrepreneurship State-owned enterprise (SOE) Public sector context Resource-based view Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011. This study sought to examine strategic entrepreneurship and issues surrounding this type of activity in a public sector context. The concept of strategic entrepreneurship has received increasing attention in recent years; however, limited studies have focused on strategic entrepreneurship as a distinct construct in public sector context. Consequently, the objective of this study was to address the question of “What is the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in the context of South Africa’s SOEs” through examination of theory and practice. The research question is addressed by first developing a revised framework of strategic entrepreneurship from literature on entrepreneurship, strategy, and public sector context. This revised framework is then examined on activity which is entrepreneurial and strategic within four SOEs operating South Africa as at 2011. Transcripts from a series of interviews, and publicly available documents are analysed thematically. The study identified additional supporting and external factors of strategic entrepreneurship which form a revised conceptual framework of strategic entrepreneurship. The study showed core, supporting, and the external environment elements of strategic entrepreneurship contribute to the increased level of entrepreneurial activity in the public sector context, in particular state-owned enterprises. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T06:24:01Z 2012-09-21 2013-09-07T06:24:01Z 2012-03-08 2011 2012-07-21 Dissertation Mathebula, P 2011, Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26508 > F/12/4/701/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26508 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212012-162150/ © 2011, 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 Strategic entrepreneurship State-owned enterprise (SOE) Public sector context Resource-based view Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study |
| title | Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study |
| title_full | Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study |
| title_short | Examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies : an exploratory study |
| title_sort | examining the nature and scope of strategic entrepreneurship in stateowned companies an exploratory study |
| topic | UCTD Strategic entrepreneurship State-owned enterprise (SOE) Public sector context Resource-based view |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26508 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212012-162150/ |