Objectives and competences
In this course students:
1. learn the basic concepts and forms of intrapreneurship;
2. understand the importance of intrapreneurship for the development of companies and other organizations;
3. recognize the organizational conditions that promote or inhibit intrapreneurship;
4. acquire basic knowledge for identifying, analyzing, and supporting intrapreneurial initiatives;
5. develop the ability to analyze cases of intrapreneurship from business practice;
6. develop the ability to work in a team, express themselves professionally in writing, and give oral presentations in the field of internal entrepreneurship.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Definition of internal entrepreneurship and its place in the broader field of entrepreneurship and innovation in existing organizations
2. Forms of internal entrepreneurship
3. The role of internal entrepreneurs and employees in creating new ideas, initiatives, and projects
4. Identifying internal entrepreneurial opportunities and developing initiatives within an existing company
5. The importance of sustainable innovation and sustainable business opportunities in internal entrepreneurship
6. Barriers to the development of internal entrepreneurship and ways to overcome them
7. Integrating intrapreneurship into the company's strategy.
8. Organizational structure, organizational culture, support and reward systems for the development of intrapreneurship.
9. The role of leadership and management in promoting intrapreneurship.
10. Basics of planning, implementing, and evaluating internal entrepreneurial initiatives in companies.
11. Ethical and intellectual property issues in internal entrepreneurship
12. Case studies of various aspects of internal entrepreneurship
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Development of knowledge and understanding:
Student:
1. explain the basic concepts, characteristics, and manifestations of intrapreneurship;
2. distinguish intrapreneurship from other forms of entrepreneurship;
3. describe the role of employees, management, organizational culture, and organizational structure in the development of intrapreneurship;
4. recognize basic ethical issues and intellectual property issues in the field of internal entrepreneurship.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Cognitive/Intellectual skills:
Students:
1. analyzes a selected case of internal entrepreneurship, taking into account the instructions;
2. collects, organizes, and interprets basic data and information for assessing internal entrepreneurial initiatives;
3. compares different organizational approaches to promoting internal entrepreneurship;
4. assesses the basic advantages and limitations of selected solutions in the company.
Key/Transferable skills:
1. Use ICT in searching for information, preparing analyses, and presentations.
2. participate in a team to solve a selected problem in the field of internal entrepreneurship.
3. Develop professional ethics.
4. Develop learning techniques and strategies for individual study, permanent reflection and evaluation.
Practical skills:
1. prepare a basic analysis of internal entrepreneurial initiatives in a specific company based on the guidelines provided;
2. use basic tools to identify and assess internal entrepreneurial opportunities;
3. develop basic proposals for promoting internal entrepreneurship in the organization.
Readings
Obvezna študijska literatura (Compulsory textbooks):
BRADAČ HOJNIK, Barbara. Korporacijsko podjetništvo : skripta pri predmetu Korporacijsko podjetništvo. Maribor: Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta, 2019. 182 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 65209347]
BRADAČ HOJNIK, Barbara. Differences between corporate entrepreneurs and other employees. V: DELIĆ, Anamarija (ur.), OBERMAN-PETERKA, Sunčica (ur.), PERIĆ, Julia (ur.). The importance of developing an entrepreneurial mindset : (even if you never wish to become an entrepreneur). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Faculty of Economics, 2022. Str. 164-174, ilustr. ISBN 978-953-253-190-9, ISBN 978-953-253-191-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 123037187].
Dodatna študijska literatura (Additonal textbooks):
Burns, P. (2025). Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation (5th ed.). Bloomsbury Academic.
Hernández-Perlines, F., Ariza-Montes, A., & Blanco-González-Tejero, C. (2022). Intrapreneurship research: A comprehensive literature review. Journal of Business Research, 153, 428–444.
Lam, S. (2023). The Intrapreneurship Formula: How to Drive Corporate Entrepreneurship Through Employee Empowerment. Business Expert Press.
Kowalschek, R. (2023). Igniting Innovation: A Guide to Corporate Entrepreneurship: Unleashing Intrapreneurs, Transforming Organizations, and Mastering the Art of Change. Independently published.
Urbano, D., Turro, A., Wright, M., & Zahra, S. A. (2022). Corporate entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Small Business Economics, 59, 1541–1565.
Glinyanova, M., Bouncken, R. B., Tiberius, V., & Cuenca Ballester, A. C. (2021). Five decades of corporate entrepreneurship research: measuring and mapping the field. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 1-27.
D’Angelo, S., Cavallo, A., Ghezzi, A., & Di Lorenzo, F. (2024). Understanding corporate entrepreneurship in the digital age: A review and research agenda. Review of Managerial Science, 18, 3719–3774.
Yang, T. K., & Yan, M. R. (2020). The corporate shared value for sustainable development: An ecosystem perspective. Sustainability, 12(6), 2348.
Pinchot, G. (1999). Intrapreneuring in action. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Izbrani letno aktualizirani članki in študije primerov s področja notranjega podjetništva. (Selected annually updated articles and case studies in the field of internal entrepreneurship.)
