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Benedikt Unger, Francesca Sanguineti, Giuliano Sansone, Melissa Vasi
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Unger, B., Sanguineti, F., Sansone, G., & Vasi, M. Initiating Bottom-Up Action from the Top — Equifinal Pathways to Building Intrapreneurial Capability.
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Unger, Benedikt, Francesca Sanguineti, Giuliano Sansone, and Melissa Vasi. “Initiating Bottom-Up Action from the Top — Equifinal Pathways to Building Intrapreneurial Capability” (n.d.).
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Unger, Benedikt, et al. Initiating Bottom-Up Action from the Top — Equifinal Pathways to Building Intrapreneurial Capability.
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@article{benedikt-a,
title = {Initiating Bottom-Up Action from the Top — Equifinal Pathways to Building Intrapreneurial Capability},
author = {Unger, Benedikt and Sanguineti, Francesca and Sansone, Giuliano and Vasi, Melissa}
}
Abstract
Intrapreneurial action is critical for corporate innovation, yet how management can initiate and support such bottom-up action from the top remains an unresolved paradox. Using fsQCA on original data from 50 intrapreneurs, this study identifies equifinal configurations in which individual characteristics and organizational contexts jointly enable sensing, seizing, and transforming outcomes. We find that intrapreneurial success arises from specific combinations of human and social capital, contextual trust, support, and performance discipline, with intrapreneurship programs partially substituting or amplifying these factors. Seemingly counterintuitive findings — such as social capital being beneficial or detrimental depending on the outcome — offer theoretical and practical insights.
Intrapreneurial action is critical for corporate innovation, yet how management can initiate and support such bottom-up action from the top remains an unresolved paradox. Using fsQCA on original data from 50 intrapreneurs, this study identifies equifinal configurations in which individual characteristics and organizational contexts jointly enable sensing, seizing, and transforming outcomes. We find that intrapreneurial success arises from specific combinations of human and social capital, contextual trust, support, and performance discipline, with intrapreneurship programs partially substituting or amplifying these factors. Seemingly counterintuitive findings — such as social capital being beneficial or detrimental depending on the outcome — offer theoretical and practical insights.