International

Corporate Entrepreneurship
 International Corporate Entrepreneurship:
Beyond the International New Venture (INV)
Objectives
• To explore the concepts of international entrepreneurship v
international corporate entrepreneurship.

• To consider the different types of firms engaged in international

entrepreneurial activity.

• Examine international entrepreneurial

orientation/international entrepreneurial culture as a means to
sustaining entrepreneurial behaviours and capabilities within
firms.

• To explore international entrepreneurial outcomes.

 Recap....

"International entrepreneurship is the discovery,

enactment, evaluation, and exploitation of
opportunities - across national borders - to
create future goods and services." (McDougall
and Oviatt 2005)
 International Corporate
Entrepreneurship Defined....

• The process whereby an individual or a group

of individuals, in association with an existing
organisation, create a new organisation or
instigate renewal or innovation within that
organisation (Sharma and Chrisman 1999 pg
17) to achieve international entrepreneurial
outcomes (Anderson, 2018).
 International Entrepreneurship v
International Corporate Entrepreneurship
Activity 1 – All Groups
1. What do you think might be some of the
differences between being an
'entrepreneur' or being entrepreneurial
in an organisation?
2. How might this differ in an international
trade and investment context?
3. What is the difference b/n Manager and
Leader. Please summarize your answer
Identify differences and similarities
Characteristics Manager Entrepreneur Intrapreneur Leader
/ /
attributes ‘Founder’ – owner
(CEO)

Motivations

Risk taking

Status

Decision making

Relationship

Others
 Activity 2 Gripple Case Study :

In your smaller groups, refer to the case study and the

video sources on Gripple.

1. With reference to the dimensions of international

entrepreneurial culture and international
entrepreneurial orientation, how is Gripple able
to maintain innovation within their organisation?

2. Outline the challenges associated with maintaining

an entrepreneurial culture for a small MNE such as
Gripple with a number of operations across
different international markets?
 International Entrepreneurial
Culture
International
International
Innovative
Risk Attitude
Activity
International International
Market Resource
Orientation
Coordination

International International
Learning Networking
Orientation Orientation

International
International
International
Proactivenes
s
Entrepreneurial Motivation
Culture
Source: Dimitratos, P.,
Voudouris, I., Plakoyiannaki,
E., & Nakos, G. (2012)
 International Entrepreneurial
Orientation
Innovativeness

Competitive
Aggressivenes Risk
s

International
Proactiveness Entrepreneurial Autonomy
Orientation
Source: Covin and Miller
(2014)
 Activity 3: Driving Innovation through COVID 19
and Beyond?
1. In your small groups, with reference to the McKinsey
articles and interview along with your own examples,
how do you feel COVID 19 has had an impact on
innovation within organisations? Opportunities?
Challenges?

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-co
rporate-finance/our-insights/innovation-in-a-crisis-why-it-is-mo
re-critical-than-ever

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digita
l/our-insights/medtech-innovation-in-the-time-of-covid-19-resili
ence-and-growth-during-a-crisis
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