With this paper, we aim to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms that facilitate the emergence of an intrapreneurial university by considering a longitudinal, single case study.
Our process model shows the specific mechanisms (i.e., enabling and supporting) that drive the transformation of scattered individual-level abilities (i.e., competencies, mindset, and networks, playing as antecedents) into organizational intrapreneurial abilities endowed within the university. Our study contributes to a growing stream of studies on intrapreneurial universities, exploring how universities internally anticipate, address, and manage change and how they organize and orchestrate resources and competencies, thus showing intrapreneurial abilities.
In terms of managerial implications, we suggest university managers take into consideration that entrepreneurial approaches should be better promoted internally by cultivating a culture of change, creativity, and innovation, as well as fostering teamwork activities.
The Authors: Maria Cecilia Flores, Rosa Grimaldi, Silvia Poli, Elisa Villani