TY  - GEN
AU  - Sathe, Vijay.
TI  - Corporate entrepreneurship: top managers and new business creation 
SN  - 9780521613927
U1  - 658.4063 Sa82C 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Creative ability in business
KW  - Executive ability
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-375) and index; 1. Introduction --
2. Why a consistent emphasis and approach for new business creation is beneficial but difficult to achieve --
I. The business environment --
3. The external business environment --
4. The internal business environment --
II. The management culture --
5. Shared beliefs about rewards, risks, opportunities, and rule-bending --
6. Shared beliefs about control and learning --
III. The corporate executives --
7. The bigger-is-better corporate philosophy --
8. The small-is-beautiful corporate philosophy --
9. New business creation challenges for corporate executives --
10. Guidance and coaching by the DGM's boss and support and challenge by the controllers --
IV. The division general manager --
11. The DGM's personal assets --
12. The DGM's motivation and strategy for new business creation --
13. Building corporate support for new business creation --
14. Leading the division for new business creation --
V. The division and its top management team --
15. The identification and pursuit of new business opportunities --
16. Other new business creating challenges for the division --
17. The division's organization, competence, and collaboration for new business creation --
18. The effectiveness of the division's top management team --
VI. Putting it all together --
19. How the five major influences interact to drive new business creation --
20. Managing ten critical issues in new business creation
ER  -