Diagnosing a Firm’s Internal Environment for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organization Performance.

A presentation during the EAMARC 2 conference at USIU-Africa in November 2015According to Kuratko, Hornsby and Covin (2014), diagnosing organizations internal environment for corporate entrepreneurship is critical for the survival, growth and sustainability of an organization and it’s considered a beneficial tool for revitalizing and improving performance. Therefore, fostering an internal environment for corporate entrepreneurship in the organizations may prove to be an important asset for the growth, survival and sustainability of existing organization. This is because, it may improve their ability to recognize and chase opportunities well ahead of their competitors (Shamsuddin et. al., 2012), and particularly for the emerging economies organizations. Uittenbogaard et al. (2005) defined corporate entrepreneurship as the way the organization is shaped around the innovation process in order to create, maintain or improve innovativeness and business development Corporate entrepreneurship enhances the innovative abilities of employees, and simultaneously, increases corporate sustainability (Antoncic & Hisrich, 2003) To support these entrepreneurial activities, the organization needs a supportive internal environmen