One of the great challenges facing the South African economy is to increase the number and variety of viable and sustainable economic enterprises. We have a history that has brought about many interruptions in the development of enterprises in particular. This has been particularly associated with our racial history and the destruction of wealth in black hands in both the rural and urban areas. It has adverse effects on income distribution, entrepreneurship and employment creation. The recent history of South Africa cannot ignore the role of cooperatives in developing its economic foundation. Cooperatives in the financial, service and agricultural sectors were backbones of the apartheid economy, hence we see the cooperative idea resonates on numerous platforms in the democratic Government as part of its empowerment discourse and addressing the national objective of economic growth, poverty and unemployment reduction. A number of studies have identified that the culture of entrepreneurship is one of the prerequisites for the prosperity and the high rate of economic development registered by most of the developed countries. However in terms of South Africa, the low level of entrepreneurship activity compared to its peers has been identified as one of the key factors responsible for the low rate of economic growth experienced by South Africa over the past 10 years, and cooperatives as model can be a solution to foster entrepreneurial culture and as a result maximise economic growth, reduce poverty and unemployment. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

One of the great challenges facing the South African economy is to increase the number and variety of viable and sustainable economic enterprises. We have a history that has brought about many interruptions in the development of enterprises in particular. This has been particularly associated with our racial history and the destruction of wealth in black hands in both the rural and urban areas. It has adverse effects on income distribution, entrepreneurship and employment creation. The recent history of South Africa cannot ignore the role of cooperatives in developing its economic foundation. Cooperatives in the financial, service and agricultural sectors were backbones of the apartheid economy, hence we see the cooperative idea resonates on numerous platforms in the democratic Government as part of its empowerment discourse and addressing the national objective of economic growth, poverty and unemployment reduction. A number of studies have identified that the culture of entrepreneurship is one of the prerequisites for the prosperity and the high rate of economic development registered by most of the developed countries. However in terms of South Africa, the low level of entrepreneurship activity compared to its peers has been identified as one of the key factors responsible for the low rate of economic growth experienced by South Africa over the past 10 years, and cooperatives as model can be a solution to foster entrepreneurial culture and as a result maximise economic growth, reduce poverty and unemployment. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

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<p>Date: 06/10/2008</p><p>Level: Master Thesis in International Business and Entrepreneurship</p><p>Title: Organizational innovation processes and network relationship development-“The case study of Athera Biotechnologies and AstraZeneca R&D”</p><p>Authors: Marina Tasheva and Patchara Thaisrivichai</p><p>Advisor: Bengt Olsson</p><p>Research Problem: It has been known that developing a novel drug in pharmaceutical companies is a complex and expensive process. A company within these industries is forced to increase its innovativeness in order to compete with others. In this case study we will examine Athera Biotechnologies AB and AstraZeneca R&D respectively and how both companies promote, develop, sustain and enhance organizational innovation. At the same time we will also examine what is the two companies’ business strategy when it comes to networks relationship development.</p><p>Aim of thesis: The main purpose of our thesis is to compare two Swedish pharmaceutical companies and to see what are the differences and similarities in the way they foster organizational innovation processes.</p><p>Method: The method used for analyzing the collected data and information in our research is qualitative. We decided to use this method to examine the two companies’ organizational innovation processes and networks development. Further on we have collected both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through two semi-structured interviews with open questions. Secondary data was gathered from companies’ official web sites, annual reports and different publications and articles.</p><p>Conclusion: Our findings indicate that organizational innovation is crucial for pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies to sustain their competitive advantage in the rapid changing environment within this industry. Further more, entrepreneurial culture, corporate culture and networks and partnerships are the main factors that help AstraZeneca R&D and Athera to develop, maintain and enhance their organizational innovation. This in turn leads to the ability of the firms to successfully propose, adopt, develop and implement any new idea in relation to certain product or process.</p><p>Key words: Organizational Innovation, Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporate Culture, Networks and Partnership, Entrepreneurship</p>

Date: 06/10/2008 Level: Master Thesis in International Business and Entrepreneurship Title: Organizational innovation processes and network relationship development-“The case study of Athera Biotechnologies and AstraZeneca R&amp;D” Authors: Marina Tasheva and Patchara Thaisrivichai Advisor: Bengt Olsson Research Problem: It has been known that developing a novel drug in pharmaceutical companies is a complex and expensive process. A company within these industries is forced to increase its innovativeness in order to compete with others. In this case study we will examine Athera Biotechnologies AB and AstraZeneca R&amp;D respectively and how both companies promote, develop, sustain and enhance organizational innovation. At the same time we will also examine what is the two companies’ business strategy when it comes to networks relationship development. Aim of thesis: The main purpose of our thesis is to compare two Swedish pharmaceutical companies and to see what are the differences and similarities in the way they foster organizational innovation processes. Method: The method used for analyzing the collected data and information in our research is qualitative. We decided to use this method to examine the two companies’ organizational innovation processes and networks development. Further on we have collected both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through two semi-structured interviews with open questions. Secondary data was gathered from companies’ official web sites, annual reports and different publications and articles. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that organizational innovation is crucial for pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies to sustain their competitive advantage in the rapid changing environment within this industry. Further more, entrepreneurial culture, corporate culture and networks and partnerships are the main factors that help AstraZeneca R&amp;D and Athera to develop, maintain and enhance their organizational innovation. This in turn leads to the ability of the firms to successfully propose, adopt, develop and implement any new idea in relation to certain product or process. Key words: Organizational Innovation, Entrepreneurial Culture, Corporate Culture, Networks and Partnership, Entrepreneurship

There has been an increasing awareness of how organisations that have adopted new ways of working have been able to improve their productivity. The introduction of Agile in the beginning of 2000s allowed both small and large organisations to implement new methods for transforming all levels of the organisations, involving aspects such as leadership, tools, and processes. Moving towards agile practices in many ways pushed companies towards a revolution in the sense of promoting new processes and methods, which by now have become spread all over the world.The introduction of Agile has nevertheless been far from unproblematic. The organisational culture has proven to be one of the most enduring challenges, as the degree of employee understanding and involvement has a decisive impact on successful implementation during periods of significant change. Hence, in Agile Transformation, or an organisation’s journey towards continuous improvement through rapid delivery, feedback and learning in a changing business environment, leaders need constantly spread the agile philosophy in a simple and transparent matter both internally to employees and also to external stakeholders.Our study is exploratory by nature and aims to further the understanding of Agile Transformation and how Entrepreneurial Culture can have a positive impact on this transformation. To explore these issues, we employ a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews with a team of employees in one case company. The interviews were held with upper-level managers in decision-making positions and with ownership of the change process. By exploring the employees’ opinions about adapting to Agile Transformation, and how the organisational culture has influenced and been managed in the transformation process, we present results which can be used for continued research on Agile Transformation, and particularly emphasize the importance of having an appropriate organisational culture to be able to succeed.

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This dissertation investigates the factors that influence the learning of subsidiaries from their local environment and the sequential knowledge outflow from the subsidiaries. Scholars have recognized the ability to learn from diverse local environments as a critical source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). However, the factors influencing the extent to which MNCs learn from local environments in order to develop innovative capabilities have not been well understood. Considering the complexity of institutional environments faced by subsidiaries, this dissertation explores cross-level factors that influence subsidiary learning from diverse local environments. At interface levels, a subsidiary's local embeddedness and its learning strategy influence the awareness of local strategic knowledge by the subsidiary. At context levels, local market competition and corporate entrepreneurial culture affect the motivation of a subsidiary to learn from diverse local environments. Finally at subsidiary level, top management team heterogeneity impacts the capability of a subsidiary to learn. This dissertation applies both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Multiple-case studies provide rich details, while survey research tests the generalizability of the proposed conceptual model. Overall, the empirical evidence supports the impact of local embeddedness, learning strategy and corporate entrepreneurial culture on subsidiary learning, and in turn, on knowledge outflow. The impact of top management team heterogeneity turns insignificant upon the simultaneous inclusion of all other factors. The influence of local competition is absent. The control variables include size, technology resources, and internationalization. This dissertation contributes to both MNC and organizational learning literature. The major contribution to MNC literature is the advancement of the understanding of knowledge acquisition and creation of MNCs by learning from the local environment. The cross-level approach with subsidiary as the unit of analysis provides a unique perspective. The major contribution of this dissertation to organizational learning literature lies in the development of a learning framework, and its application to MNC context with empirical tests. This dissertation presents potentials to advance the local responsiveness-global integration framework with a knowledge-based view. / Ph. D.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 ppgcom - katia martins valente.pdf: 3935559 bytes, checksum: 0fcac7d93b9e75a24bd637d5514002ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-21 / The entrepreneurship has been increasing its prominence in our society and culture, reshaping the understanding about the practices and personal labors. At this juncture, we will turn our attention to the figure of the entrepreneurial woman. In order to comprehend the particularities and specifications involved, we take as the empirical object of the research the autobiographical narratives of life transformation presented in the lectures of entrepreneurial women in the event “Day1”, conducted by Endeavor organization. The structure of Day1 Endeavor is composed of lectures with an average duration of 20 minutes, in a stage with audience, in which the speaker narrates the transformations of life, always centered on the practices of the entrepreneurial culture, the event has been filmed and later on published in different media platforms. In view of this, the aims of this research are: 1) To identify which characteristics of the biographical space (ARFUCH, 2010) are related to the narratives of Day1 Endeavor; 2) To analyze what are the discursive strategies of Endeavor Brazil, by propagating narratives of entrepreneurs as exemplary life histories (BUONNANO, 2011); 3) To comprehend which are the relationships between the notion of Brazilian hard worker (SOUZA, 2010) and the narratives of entrepreneurs at Day1 Endeavor. The theoretical framework is organized in three main axes: a) gender studies; b) work and entrepreneurship; c) transformation narratives and biographical space. The corpus is composed by videos of the eight lectures performed by entrepreneurs in the Day1 Endeavor event. The analysis methodology is based on French Speech Discourse Analysis (ADF), associated with the life course analysis of Giele and Elder Jr. (1998). In general, the results of the analyzes point to the spreading of the ideology of neoliberalism in the daily practices of entrepreneurs, both on a personal and professional level; The emphasis in the discourse of self-help, aiming at the convocation in to undertake in the broad sense; The autobiographical narratives based on a moment of transformation, highlighting a transition, always seen as positive, in the field of entrepreneurship; the mediatization of their narratives, seen from the standpoint of Endeavor's role, aims to spread the ideology of entrepreneurial culture, through “inspiring” examples and success stories. / O empreendedorismo vem ganhando cada vez mais destaque em nossa sociedade e cultura, remodelando o entendimento sobre as práticas laborais e pessoais. Nessa conjuntura, voltamos nossa atenção à figura da mulher empreendedora. No intuito de melhor compreender as particularidades e especificidades envolvendo a questão, tomamos como objeto empírico da pesquisa as narrativas autobiográficas de transformação de vida presentes nas palestras de mulheres empreendedoras no evento Day1, realizado pela organização Endeavor. A estrutura do Day1 Endeavor é composta por palestras com duração média de 20 minutos, em um palco com plateia, em que o/a palestrante narra as transformações de vida, sempre centradas nas práticas da cultura empreendedora, sendo que o evento é filmado e, posteriormente, divulgado em diferentes plataformas midiáticas. Tendo isso em vista, os objetivos da pesquisa são: 1) Identificar quais as características do espaço biográfico (ARFUCH, 2010) estão relacionadas às narrativas do Day1 Endeavor; 2) Analisar quais são as estratégias discursivas da Endeavor Brasil, ao propagar as narrativas de empreendedoras como histórias de vida exemplares (BUONNANO, 2011); 3) Compreender quais são as relações entre a noção de “batalhador brasileiro” (SOUZA, 2010) e as narrativas das empreendedoras no Day1 Endeavor. O quadro teórico se organiza em três eixos principais: a) estudos de gênero; b) trabalho e empreendedorismo; c) narrativas de transformação e espaço biográfico. O corpus é composto pelos vídeos das oito palestras realizadas por empreendedoras no evento Day1 Endeavor. A metodologia de análise está baseada na Análise do Discurso de linha francesa (ADF), associada à análise de percurso de vida de Giele e Elder Jr. (1998). De modo geral, os resultados das análises apontam para o espraiamento da ideologia do neoliberalismo nas práticas cotidianas das empreendedoras, tanto em nível pessoal quanto profissional; a ênfase no discurso de autoajuda, visando à convocação em para empreender no sentido amplo; as narrativas autobiográficas calcadas em um momento de transformação, destacando a transição, sempre tida como positiva, ao campo do empreendedorismo; a midiatização de suas narrativas, vista pelo ponto de vista do papel da Endeavor, visa propagar a ideologia da cultura empreendedora, por meio dos exemplos e histórias de sucesso “inspiradores”.

This chapter offers a review on modern entrepreneurship analysis, against the background of regional development. Regions with an entrepreneurial culture tend to be forerunners in a competitive economic process. After a conceptual discussion on the importance and the measurement of entrepreneurship, the contribution discusses critical success factors and key determinants of entrepreneurship. Next, much focus is laid on the geography of entrepreneurship as well as on industrial agglomeration, while also due attention is paid to the relevance of networks for modern entrepreneurship. The chapter concludes with some retrospective and prospective remarks. / Series: Working Papers in Regional Science