Intrapreneurship model in the software industry

Esthela Galván Vela (), Yesenia Sánchez Tovar (), Mónica Lorena Sánchez Limón () and Rafael Ravina-Ripoll ()
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Esthela Galván Vela: CETYS University
Yesenia Sánchez Tovar: Autonomous University of Tamaulipas
Mónica Lorena Sánchez Limón: Autonomous University of Tamaulipas
Rafael Ravina-Ripoll: University of Cádiz

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2022, vol. 56, issue 5, No 37, 3699-3727

Abstract: Abstract The complexity of business dynamics demands that companies search for alternative ways to ensure their growth and survival. Thus intrapreneurship emerges as an ad-hoc strategy. For this behaviour to develop, it is necessary to have favourable external and internal environmental conditions. Hence, the objective of this study was to explain the influence of environmental and organisational factors on intrapreneurial behaviour in the software sector in the north of Mexico. To fulfil the objective of the study, methodological triangulation combining qualitative and quantitative research techniques was used. In the qualitative study, eight business leaders were interviewed who contributed to the enrichment of the proposed research model. Finally, an instrument was constructed and validated to analyse factors affecting intrapreneurship in software companies in Northern Mexico with 190 valid observations. The quantitative analysis consisted of the evaluation of the model using the covariance structural equation technique. It is concluded that the external elements that most explain intrapreneurial behaviour are hostile conditions; likewise, the internal factors related to intrapreneurship are formal controls, time availability, and the company’s entrepreneurial vision. The importance of the valorisation of this behaviour by the company’s top management in terms of probable results that contribute to the development of their respective industries is discussed.

Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Corporate entrepreneurship; Organisational factors; Environmental factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L2 L26 L29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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