About the Book: Re:Entrepreneuring : How Organizations Can Reignite Their
Entrepreneurial Spirit
It is assumed that in the development of an organization, the time for
entrepreneurial activity is right at the beginning. Once an organization is
established, qualities that were virtues in the organizations ante¬ and
neo¬natal stages becomes vices, and the entrepreneurial founders must cede
control to professional managers who can nurture the fruits of their original
vision efficiently. The consequence of this assumption is that large,
established organizations tend to be entrepreneur-free zones. Entrepreneurial
thinking is tacitly discouraged because it can create novelty, and novelty is a
threat to established organizations with large market shares. There