A Journal Article Critique Of “Three Chronological Steps Toward Encouraging Intrapreneurship: Lessons From Wehkamp Case By J. Deprez Et Al (2017).â€
Volume 3 - Issue 5, May 2019 Edition
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Author(s)
Ilukor Geresom
Keywords
Journal article critique, chronological steps, intrapreneurship, Wehkamp case.
Abstract
This paper provides a critique to an article by J. Deprez et al (2017) entitled “Three Chronological steps toward encouraging Intrapreneurship: Lessons from Wehkamp case, published in the journal Business horizons (61), 135-145 and available online at: www.sciencedirect.com in which they present the study on the Wehkamp nl. -a Netherlands top -3-market leader e-tailer firm founded in 1952 that almost collapsed but experienced a double-digit growth and revenues with over $800 million dollars in 2015. J. Deprez et al (2017) use the Wehkamp case to propose the steps that business firms can follow to encourage intrapreneurship and make a turn-around from slow growing and underperforming businesses to adaptive, rapid growing, dynamic and innovative firms by taking advantage of the creative efforts of their employees and resources within a business organisation-an entrepreneurship concept referred to as Corporate entrepreneurship (CE). In this paper the author present a critique to the journal article.
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