Intrapreneurshp: International Experience : A Qualitative Study of Companies in Russia, Sweden and Latvia

• Main Author: Kovalev, Vladimir
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi 2015
• Subjects: Business Administration; Företagsekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-38027

Background Russian economy is going through hard times. Many organizations are looking for possibilities of growth where intrapreneurship can be one of them. Nevertheless, the simple applying of existing intrapreneurship models is impossible in Russian enterprises due to weak corporate cultures. Purpose The purpose of the research is to establish the link between corporate culture and the development of intrapreneurship in it, as well as the possibility of using foreign experience of intrapreneurship on entrepresies in Russia. Method Qualitative approach was used, as the nature of success and failure of intrapreneurship is compex, as well as necessity in deep discussion of corporate culture elements. The empirical findings were conducted by face-to-face in-depth interviews with persons who are connected to intrapreneurship in Russia, Sweden and Latvia. Conclusion In conclusion dependence between corporate culture and intrapreneurship was described. For successful implementation of intrapreneurship some fundamentals of corporate culture building were formulated: entrepreneurial spirit; a clear understanding of the status and prospects of development of enterprise in the future; encouragement of initiative; the freedom in decision-making and actions; involvement of employees in the activity of the company. After comparative analysis of Russian and Swedish corporate and national business cultures it was concluded that Russia could use foreign experience of implementing intrapreneurship, but this experience should be adapted. The possible way of facilitating the task can be using Latvias entreprises as an intermediate stage. I hope this work could be usefull for future researches in both business and academic areas. It would be pleasant, if this work would have practical application.