Olivier Basso

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers | CNAM · EPN Strategies

Cree en 1975, l'Institut de l'entreprise est un think tank independant de tout mandat syndical ou politique. Association a but non lucratif, l'Institut de l'entreprise a une triple vocation : etre un centre de reflexion, un lieu de rencontre et un pole de formation. Profondement ancre dans la realite economique, il concentre ses activites sur la re...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and intrapreneurship within the context of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper builds on a historical review of the two main currents of the corporate entrepreneurship literature and the distinc...

Numerous studies examining the linkage between corporate entrepreneurship and performance resort to the entrepreneurial orientation construct to assess a firm's degree of entrepreneurship. Little conceptual and empirical research has been devoted to understanding the factors and conditions that produce Entrepreneurial Orientation. Generic explanato...

The themes of corporate entrepreneurship can be approached from many angles: they call for an examination, on the one hand, of the conditions in which new activities are undertaken (concept, markets, finance…), and of the entrepreneur's profile, and on the other hand, of the company's ability to create and welcome innovation as guided by the change...

Intrapreneurship, or corporate entrepreneurship, involves different practices within a business which are meant to improve its capacity for innovation and response. Two aspects of the phenomenon can be distinguished: the first is internal and concerns on the one hand the processes and culture that facilitate the business’s activity, and on the othe...

Researchers in management science are increasingly concerned with the rigour of their research work and their capacity to build knowledge based on a cumulative research model. This article examines the strength of the entrepreneurial orientation construct, extensively used in entrepreneurship and strategy. Based on a close analysis of the seminal l...

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Abstract Based on extensive literature review and empirical validation this paper aims to develop and test an integrative model of corporate entrepreneurial b ehavior. Indeed, how much do we know about the tactics that corporate entrepreneurs employ to promote entrepreneurial projects? Entrepreneurial behavior is generally defined as th e discovery...

In this paper we are developing ideas based on Geert Hofstede's work. From this author one can notice a strong relationship between the personal values of company founders and the organisation values. The first days in the life of a young firm and its first actors have an impact of the highest intensity on the organisational value system.

Summary The Entrepreneurial Orientation construct is at the heart of Corporate Entrepreneurship. Built around dimensions such as innovativeness, risk-taking, pro-activeness, autonomy and competitive aggressiveness, the Entrepreneurial Orientation construct appears as a useful and powerful tool for assessing entrepreneurial behavior at firm level. P...

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Managing Experts at Thales. Conversation with Yves Barou Olivier Basso, Maurice Thévenet Thales, a world leader in electronics and systems, employs a large number of experts and has developed a real experience in managing them and helping them work effectively with the rest of the company. Mr Yves Barou, the VPfor Human Resource Management of Thale...

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Entrepreneurial dynamics within large companies, which are a key component of their competitiveness, seem to depend largely on a specific player at the heart of the business development process: the 'intrapreneur'. How exactly we are to define what an intrapreneur is, however, remains to be seen. Are they a breed apart? Do they call for a specific...

The present contribution is exploratory and constitutes a first step to better understand the phenomenon of commitment to a new venture creation process. In order to achieve this objective, we will make a review of the main psychosocial theories of commitment, starting with an analysis of the concepts and theories developed in the field of both soc...

In recent time corporate entrepreneurship has received valuable attention as an activity important for firms vitality (Dess et al., 2003). Nevertheless, the essence of corporate entrepreneurial activity has not been sufficiently clarified (Guth & Ginsberg, 1990; Kuratko et al., 2005; Stopford & Baden-Fuller, 1994). Stopford and Baden-Fuller (1994)...