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C HAPTER 4

Which Model

of Corporate

Entrepreneurship

Is Right for You?

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
But in practice, there is.
—Lawrence “Yogi” Berra,
American baseball legend

How can you find solutions when you don’t even know the
questions?
—Professor Donald N. Frey, American business
leader, engineer, and educator

Corporate Entrepreneurship and Strategy

As the Romans used to say, “If you don’t know where you are
going, all roads lead there.” It is also true that many corporate
entrepreneurship initiatives end up on roads to anywhere, and
thus nowhere, at least partly because of a lack of focus and clar-
ity. Many corporate entrepreneurship organizations try to
accomplish too much. When senior management allocates
funds and assigns the authority for making corporate entre-

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