MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Partner With Entrepreneurs Inside and Out

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  • Shameen Prashantham
  • MIT Sloan Management Review
  • 2019

Should innovation come from within the company or from without? The answer is both.

Every company today faces the same challenge: how to innovate in the face of disruption. Many companies turn to external partners for innovation efforts, such as accelerators and innovation labs, while another approach is to promote internal entrepreneurship, also known as intrapreneurship. One has a manager-with-entrepreneur focus, the other a manager-as-entrepreneur emphasis. But which is more effective?

About the Author

Shameen Prashantham (@shameenp1) is associate professor of international business and strategy at China Europe International Business School (@ceibs) in Shanghai, China.

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