Rethinking intrapreneurship in the established MNE

Research Summary We show significant variation in the ways mainstream international business strategy (IBS) theories have addressed discovery and pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities established multinational enterprise (MNE). adopt an extended “individual—opportunity nexus” perspective suggest a fourfold repositioning IBS research on MNE intrapreneurship. First, by acknowledging activity types not historically considered as subject intrapreneurship, such imposed resource reconfigurations well acquisitions divestitures. Second, paying more attention to how bundles emerge over time, their sequence. Third, recognizing systematically different opportunity types, ranging from incremental radical. Fourth, analyzing thoroughly origins opportunities, including those that arise weaknesses. Managerial International can help managers enterprises (MNEs) better understand unfolding decisions typically merely cost-driven, reconfigurations, acquisitions, divestitures, involve major intrapreneurial opportunities. do just appear randomly isolation: it is time particular sequence, these are closely intertwined with MNE's own may unearth executives need recognize radical because each will require managerial practices. only strengths but also its weaknesses drive action.