Developing New Things: Implications of the Platform Economy for Intrapreneurship

Constantin Schmidt and Stefan Tewes
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Constantin Schmidt: University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Stefan Tewes: University of Applied Sciences, Germany

International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2021, vol. 7, issue 6, 34-44

Abstract: The following paper deals with the implications of the platform economy for intrapreneurship. It is becoming increasingly difficult for traditional pipeline companies to keep up with the speed of platform companies. They are innovative, agile, and ready for change, while their legacy counterparts are the opposite. In this paper, sources from the platform economy and intrapreneurship are analyzed and evaluated using qualitative research methods. The focus is on the question of what the structure of the platform enterprise must look like for the intrapreneur to unfold his creative potential. The results show that the intrapreneur needs structural autonomy and distinctive communication structures to act successfully. Within these structures moves the intrapreneur, considered an entrepreneur and a central driver for change and innovation. Based on the results, a structural model is derived and visualized, which concretizes the findings.

Keywords: innovation; intrapreneurship; entrepreneurship; digital transformation; platform economy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.76.1004

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