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Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design
Thesis (PhD (Entrepreneurship))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29480 Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen gantshok@mweb.co.za Gantsho, Mandla Sizwe Vulindlela Experimental Entrepreneurship Finance Case study desin Corporate Development credit corporations UCTD Thesis (PhD (Entrepreneurship))--University of Pretoria, 2006. This study examines innovation and corporate entrepreneurship (I&CE) thinking and acting in Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). Based on the reviewed literature, the study supports the proposition that entrepreneurship is not limited to new ventures and that established organisations, both commercial and non-commercial, such as DFIs, can benefit from entrepreneurship principles. To demonstrate that I&CE can be fostered in DFIs, the study employed a Pre-test-Post-test Control Group True Experimental Design (OXO / Control Group), in which I&CE climate was diagnosed in an experimental DFI (O1) and in a number of control group DFIs (O3); a training intervention was conducted (X) on managers and senior professionals of the experimental DFI; and a post-intervention diagnosis was made to determine the effect of the training intervention (O2). The diagnostic observations were conducted using a modification of the CEAI developed by Hornsby et al. (1990). The measurement properties of the modified instrument, herein called the ICEAI, including a factor analysis and reliability assessment, were determined. Results confirmed that five distinct corporate entrepreneurship internal organisational factors, similar to those suggested in the literature, and two additional innovation internal organisational factors, do exist. Based on how the items loaded on each factor, the CE factors were entitled: management support; work discretion; rewards/reinforcement; time availability; and organisational boundaries. The innovation factors were entitled: innovation organisational support; and innovation portfolio management. From a DFI managerial perspective, the results of the experiment indicate: that the ICEAI can be a useful tool in diagnosing the innovation and corporate entrepreneurship environment in DFIs; that the training intervention used in the study yields overall statistically significant improvements in all but two constructs of I&CE; that ICEAI can be a useful tool in identifying categories of employees (i.e. those with ‘longer’ experience and ‘higher’ education) with whom I&CE training is less likely to succeed, or should be applied in a more focused way or using different strategies; that after the training intervention of the leadership group in the experimental DFI, there was a notable increase in developed and approved new venture plans, indicating that organisational leaders can be change agents for I&CE. Business Management unrestricted 2013-09-07T15:45:19Z 2006-11-15 2013-09-07T15:45:19Z 2006-09-06 2006-11-15 2006-11-15 Thesis Gantsho, M 2006, Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29480 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29480 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11152006-162242/ © 2006, 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Experimental Entrepreneurship Finance Case study desin Corporate Development credit corporations UCTD Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design |
| title | Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design |
| title_full | Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design |
| title_fullStr | Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design |
| title_short | Corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions : an experimental case study design |
| title_sort | corporate entrepreneurship in development finance institutions an experimental case study design |
| topic | Experimental Entrepreneurship Finance Case study desin Corporate Development credit corporations UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29480 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11152006-162242/ |