PRESERVING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS COMPANIES GROW
Howard H. Stevenson
(Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University)
Jose Carlos Jarrillo‐Mossi
(Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empressa)
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Abstract
As an entrepreneurial company becomes successful and grows, the seeds of destruction are sown for the very entrepreneurial impulses that initiated the success in the first place. The transition from an entrepreneurial growth firm to a “well managed” business is often accompanied by a decreasing ability to identify and pursue opportunities. This article addresses some of the techniques that have allowed entrepreneurship to flourish in spite of a company's success.
Citation
Stevenson, H.H. and Carlos Jarrillo‐Mossi, J. (1986), "PRESERVING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS COMPANIES GROW", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb039138
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1986, MCB UP Limited