Intrapreneurship: Productive and Non-Productive. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Elert, Niklas; Stenkula, Mikael
• Other Names: Bertoni Fabio guest-editor.; Bonini Stefano guest-editor.; Capizzi Vincenzo guest-editor.; Colombo Massimo G. guest-editor.; Manigart Sophie guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Entrepreneurship theory and practice. Volume 46:Number 5(2022)
• Page Start: 1423
• Page End: 1439
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: intrapreneurship -- entrepreneurship -- entrepreneurial behavior; Small business -- Periodicals; New business enterprises -- Periodicals; Entrepreneurship -- Periodicals; 658.421
• DOI: 10.1177/1042258720964181
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-2587

Abstract

Researchers increasingly recognize that entrepreneurial employees, intrapreneurs, play a critical role in innovation. As with regular entrepreneurship, however, the value of intrapreneurial activity depends on the firm-specific and societal reward structures that intrapreneurs face. Ideally, these rules of the game are such that they reward intrapreneurship that is beneficial for the firm and the economy. When this is not the case, intrapreneurship can be beneficial for the firm but not for society, damaging for the firm yet beneficial for society, or downright non-productive. We offer a taxonomy describing how society's rules and firm rules interact to produce different intrapreneurial outcomes.