TY - CHAP AB - Purpose The aim of this chapter is to focus on the role human capital, innovative recruitment practices and cross-cultural staffing policies have on organizational performance. This facilitates a better understanding about how entrepreneurial thinking is encompassed into an organizational context by utilizing global talent management practices.Methodology/approach The chapter discusses the linkage between global talent management and corporate entrepreneurship literature by providing a number of research propositions.Findings The chapter highlights how it is important for entrepreneurial organizations to focus on global talent management for their global competitiveness.Research limitations/implications This conceptual paper is based on corporate entrepreneurship as the underlying theoretical framework for global talent management, which means the results should be interpreted from an entrepreneurial perspective.Practical implications Global talent management is becoming increasingly popular as a way to integrate organizations corporate entrepreneurship goals with their strategic objectives.Social implications More organizations are taking a social perspective that encompasses a global mindset for talent management in order to facilitate more entrepreneurial thinking.Originality/value This chapter stresses the importance placed on hiring and retaining talented individuals who can contribute to innovative and risk taking outcomes in global organizations. VL - 32 SN - 978-1-78635-353-5, 978-1-78635-354-2/1876-066X DO - 10.1108/S1876-066X20160000032006 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1876-066X20160000032006 AU - Ratten Vanessa AU - Ferreira Joao PY - 2016 Y1 - 2016/01/01 TI - Global Talent Management and Corporate Entrepreneurship Strategy T2 - Global Talent Management and Staffing in MNEs T3 - International Business and Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 151 EP - 165 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -