Running Head: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP Assignment 1 Entrepreneurial Leadership Joan M. Badger Dr. Anne Nelson Bus 508 Contemporary Business October 11, 2011 The American Telephone & Telegraph Wireless Liability Corporation of California The founding leader for AT&T Wireless Limited Liability Corporation of California is Craig McCaw. American Telephone and Telegraph Wireless Liability Corporation of California is a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Incorporated
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HOW ABOUT MEASURING INTRAPRENEURSHIP? Heinonen, Jarna D.Sc. (Econ.&Bus.Adm.), Director Small Business Institute Turku School of Economics and Business Administration P.O.Box 110, FIN-20521 Turku, Finland Tel. +358 2 4814 577 Fax +358 2 4814 393 jarna.heinonen@tukkk.fi www.tukkk.fi/pki Korvela, Kaisu M. Soc. Sc., Researcher Small Business Institute Turku School of Economics and Business Administration P.O.Box 110, FIN-20521 Turku, Finland Tel. +358 2 4814 511 Fax +358 2 4814 393 kaisu
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one of the world’s most influential and profitable companies are an example of the entrepreneurial spirit that the United States was founded on. Jobs brought his revolutionary computer company from humble start-up to unheard-of success. Today Apple is estimated to be worth nearly $400 billion and has become one of the most valuable brand names of all time. (Apple) Apple is a true example of the entrepreneurial spirit, from humble beginnings to a $400 billion industry leader, we should ask ourselves
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that no one else sees, marshall the necessary resources to exploit the opportunity, while assuming all types of risk, and eventually will feel the significant rewards 4 schools of thought for how you become an entrepreneur: [1] Traits approach = the person possesses qualities and characteristics that make them entrepreneurial, like the need for achievement, need for independence, risk loving, innovative, proactive, courageous [2] Environmental approach = becoming an entrepreneur is dependent
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Strategic leadership capabilities Hitt et al. (1998) and Ireland and Hitt (1999) described the capabilities needed for effective strategic leadership in the new competitive landscape expected for the 21st century. They argued that effective strategic leaders had to: (1) develop and communicate a vision, (2) build dynamic core competencies, (3) emphasize and effectively use human capital, (4) invest in the development of new technologies, (5) engage in valuable strategies, (6) build and maintain
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am aiming to go to grad school for my Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing upon completion of my bachelor’s degree, and this information has given me even more confidence that I am on the right path. Many of the strengths listed I already knew about myself, having this confirmed will give me the confidence to trust my instincts about myself and stop holding back. My strengths are delivering results, writing, goal focused, entrepreneurial thinking, organizing and
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is much more complex and heterogeneous than was thought in the 1980s. However, to advance knowledge and produce tools that are useful in practice, it has become necessary to establish theories that will generate more productive empirical research. Some effort at definition is therefore needed. The definition proposed here takes a constructivist stance, and is at the service of a research project— that of understanding or forecasting the entrepreneurial act and its success or failure, and defining more
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Stoelhorst: 5 Schools of thought about strategy • Prescriptive schools: ○ 1960s: Design school (strategy formulation) ○ 1970s: Planning school (strategy formulation) ○ 1980s: Positioning school (strategic analysis) ○ 1990s: Resource-based school (strategic analysis) • Descriptive school: ○ 1980s onwards: Process school Design school: Strategy formulation is a
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sister had to set the example for her little sisters and decided to continue with her dreams. She learned of the different activities and courses offered at the POETA Center because she used to take her little sister there for ballet classes. She thought this was the opportunity she was waiting for; she already knew how to use Word, how to take care of children, and how to make
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suggested that entrepreneurial activity remains vibrant not only in the United States but across the globe as well. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a study of entrepreneurial activity across the globe, 10% of the U.S population aged 18 to 64 is engaged in entrepreneurial activity. The study also found out that 9.5% of people in the 42 GEM countries analyzed are involved in starting a new business. Even countries that traditionally are not know as hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity
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