Analysis of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Public R&D Institutions

Alexandru Agapie, Cristian Vizitiu, Silvia Elena Cristache, Marian Năstase, Liliana Crăciun and Anca Gabriela Molănescu
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Alexandru Agapie: Department of Applied Mathematics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Calea Dorobantilor 15-17, Bucharest 010552, Romania
Cristian Vizitiu: Institute of Space Science, 409 Atomistilor Street, Magurele 077125, Romania
Silvia Elena Cristache: Department of Statistics and Econometrics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Calea Dorobantilor 15-17, Bucharest 010552, Romania
Marian Năstase: Department of Management, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Str. Caderea Bastiliei 2-10, Bucharest 010374, Romania
Liliana Crăciun: Department of Economics and Economic Policies, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Calea Dorobantilor 15-17, Bucharest 010552, Romania
Anca Gabriela Molănescu: Department of Economics and Economic Policies, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Calea Dorobantilor 15-17, Bucharest 010552, Romania

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: This paper aimed at establishing a Corporate Entrepreneurship diagnosis model within public R&D institutions. We based our analysis on empirical identification of a generalized set of organizational factors, perceived as intrapreneurship vectors. The quantitative research targeted 50 experienced public entities and was based on validating one of the most popular psychometric instruments in the entrepreneurial literature: the Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI)—originally intended for the North American economic environment. As recent literature questioned the cross-cultural portability of psychometric instruments, this study intended to validate the five-factor intrinsic structure of CEAI. The five factors deduced by our statistical analysis were: support for opportunity investigations and reinforcement; dynamic environment and recognition; decreased formalization; knowledge sharing; time availability and strategic awareness. Next, the factor scores were used as input variables for a logistic regression procedure, with the output variable being the intrapreneurial value of the respondents’ institutions. Two factors contribute considerably to the predicted intrapreneurial value: support for opportunity investigations and reinforcement and decreased formalization . The validity of the whole approach is supported by the relevance of the original CEAI questionnaire, able to reveal intrapreneurial characteristics, and by the prediction power of the logistic regression model over the intrapreneurial propensity of public institutions.

Keywords: corporate entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; psychometric instrument; cross-cultural portability; personnel management; factor analysis; logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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