Title: Corporate Entrepreneurship
1Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Salvatore Sciascia
- 23/05/2003
2Section 1 The concept of Corporate
Entrepreneurship
3C.E. as action Entrepreneurship within existing
organizations
4The field of Entrepreneurship
- The scholarly examination of how, by whom, and
with what effects opportunities to create future
goods and services are discovered, evaluated and
exploited. - Consequently the field involves the study of
- sources of opportunities
- the process of discovery, evaluation and
exploitation of opportunities - and the set of individuals who discover, evaluate
and exploit them - (Shane and Venkatamaran, 2000)
5Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Renewal corporate entrepreneurial
efforts that result in significant changes in an
organization's strategy and structure - Corporate Venturing corporate entrepreneurial
efforts that lead to the creation of new business
organizations within the corporate organization - The concepts both suggest changes in the strategy
and structure of an existing corporation, which
may involve innovation for the industry.
6Independent Entrepreneurship (strictu sensu)
Strategic Renewal
New for the market
Internal Venturing
I
II
INITIATIVE
Strategic Renewal
Start-up
Old for the market
Internal Venturing
III
IV
Whithin an existing organization
Outside any existing organization
CONTEXT
Independent Entrepreneurship (latu sensu)
Corporate Entrepreneurship (latu sensu)
7Designs for Internal Venturing
Special Business Unit
Independent Business Unit
Complete Spin off
Operational Relatedness
New Department
New Venture Division
Contracting
Integration
Micro new venture department
Nurturing and Contracting
Strategic Importance
(Burgelman, 1983)
8Types of Strategic Renewal
Rejuvenating Innovation
Leadership Innovation
Degree of Industry Change
Catch up Change
Kaizen
Degree of Internal Change
(Baden-Fuller, 1995)
9The capacity to change
Capacity to change
Leadership
Rejuvenating
Catch up
(Baden-Fuller, 1995)
Time
10C.E. as strategic management approach
11Between two fields
12Competition has a new meaning
- Competition as positioning (outside-in)
- Competition as dominating (inside-out)
- Competition as innovating
13The entrepreneurial orientation
(Miller, 1983)
Innovation
Proactiveness
Risk taking
14The entrepreneurial continuum
(Stevenson Gumpert, 1985)
15Promoter Vs Trustee in Strategic Orientation
- Where is the opportunity?
- What resources do I need to capitalize on it?
- What structure is appropriate?
- What resources do I control?
- What structure determines our organizations
relationship to its mkt? - What opportunity is appropriate?
16A contextual model
(Burgelman, 1983)
17A new Business Idea
Competitive system
WHO
Niche/segment
Clients
Stakeholders
consonance
consonance
Normanns Business Idea
WHAT
HOW
Offered perspectives/ required contributions
Firms structure
consonance
18Behind the Business Idea...
19the Underlying Strategic Orientation
20Section 2 Cases
21Modafil - Bottega Verde
22Case discussion
- Wich are the main events in the history of
Modafil? - Describe Bottega Verde B.I. before and after the
acquisition by Modafil. - What is Modafil U.S.O.?
- Which were the tension determinants that brought
Modafil to grow? - Which role has the knowledge played within the
entrepreneurial process?
231960. Modafil is established as traditional wool
mill
1965. Modafil starts mail-order of knitting wool
Main events
1967. Euronova is established as mail-order
company with a catalogue of miscellaneous products
1971-78. Euronova holds a catalogue of cosmetic
products Miss Beauté
1973. Modafil abandons wool production, to focus
on mail-order sale of knitting wool
1987. Mondoffice is established, focusing on
mail-order sale of office furniture
1989-92. Euronova is sold to the German group
Otto Versand. Non-competition agreement excluding
cosmetics.
1991. Within Modafil, a catalogue with household
linen is started (Ricami Esclusivi)
1992. Bottega Verde is bought from Mr. Morriconi.
It is active in mail-order sale of cosmetics,
purchased from outside contractors.
1997-99. Mondoffice is sold to a foreign
multinational
24WHO
Competitive system
1st B.I. (1)
- Increase of sales in volume
- Predominance of traditional distribution channels
- General tendency towards complex cosmetics
- Absence of competitors in mail-order distribution
channel - Small, weak Italian competitors (e.g.,
LErbolario) - Few large European competitors (e.g., Yves
Rocher) - Common practice of outsourcing production
WHAT
Product system
- Average quality (compared to competitors)
- Natural-products, Herborist-like image
- Average/high price (compared to competitors)
- Risk of stock-breaks
- Absence of promotions and discounts
- Old fashioned catalogues
HOW
Structure
- Randomly-developed addresses file
- Outsourcing of production (2-3 small suppliers)
- Product-formulas developed by suppliers
- In-house made catalogues
- Store in Pienza
- 3 employees for packaging 1 store salesperson
- Casual help from the 2 children
25Stakeholders
- Relatives (1 son, 1 daughter)
- Bank
- 4 Employees
1st B.I. (2)
? Offered perspectives/ ? required contributions
Structure (1981-92)
? Limited growth and development perspectives,
due to a business idea stemming from the mere
need to survive and have fun ? Unspecific
required contribution ? Flexibility, due to
hectic business activity and chaotic organization
26Competitive system
WHO
- Stagnation of sales in volume
- Democratization of cosmetic products
- Tendency towards natural cosmetics
- Increase in modern-distribution market share
- Decline or stagnation of some traditional
distribution channels - Increasing request for quality-control in
production - Absence of competitors in mail-order distribution
channel - Small, weak Italian competitors (e.g.,
LErbolario) - Few large European competitors (e.g., Yves
Rocher) - Common practice of outsourcing production
2nd B.I. (1)
Structure
HOW
- Addresses file (built in 30 years )
- In-house made catalogues
- RD laboratory
- Employees experienced in mail-order sales
- Naj-Oleari brand (for kickers, i.e., gifts)
- Call center in Pienza (75 part-time employees)
- Consultants (product development, raw materials,
quality control, plant layout, information
system, MKTG policies) - Pavia University (Doctor Berardesca,
dermathologist) consultants for live
dermatological tests. - Substantial financial resources (from Euronova
sell-off) - After 1994
- Chemistry and micro-biology laboratories
- Property production plant
WHAT
Product system
- Average quality (compared to competitors)
- Chemically and dermatologically tested products
- Low price (compared to competitors)
- Customer-tailored promotions
- Frequent addition of new products
- Reliable delivery (no stock-breaks)
- On-line service
- Frequent discounts
- Good-image/low-quality kickers (i.e., gifts)
- Natural-products, Herborist-like image
- Modern, professional catalogues
27Stakeholders
- Relatives (wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter, in-laws)
- Employees
- Banks
- Local community (Biella province)
?Offered perspectives/ ?required contributions
? Diversified, growing firm, making use of
advanced managerial tools. ? Responsibility
position in growing, managerially-sophisticat
ed firms (for family members). ? Secure job
(for employees and local community) ? High
debt/equity ratio, but considerable
cash-flows from operations (for banks) ? Work
activities coherent with entrepreneurs
vision ? Willingness to work in a partially
informal, unstructured setting ? Willingness to
learn (both from internal and external
sources, i.e., consultants) ? Work experience in
mail-order business (from higher-rank
employees)
2nd B.I. (2)
28U.S.O.
- Scope.
- Mail-order.
- Traditional, natural image (when
appropriate). - Location reinforcing image (when appropriate).
- Broadest targeted market
Quality. Stable, average quality level
(appropriate to targeted segments)
- Profit.
- Long term objective for the family
- Short term profits systematically reinvested
- Managerial philosophy.
- Sophisticated managerial tools
- External consultants
- Closed governance structure
- Autocratic managerial style
- Informal organizational structure
- Incremental commitment of internal resources
- High propensity towards using external resources
- High propensity towards calculated risk
- Stakeholders.
- Securing a future to successors
- Offering a secure job to employees
- Employing people from local communities
- Developing entrepreneurship
Role in Competition. Gradually but aggressively
dominating entered competitive arenas
Growth. Primary objective
Time. Long-term, i.e., future generations of
successors
29Tension to growth
Securing a responsibility position in growing,
managerially sophisticated firms
Diffused tension determinants
entrepreneurs growth orientation
Stagnation of Modafil market after sharp decline
Sell-off of Euronova (1989-92)
Direct tension determinants
Availability of forty-years mail-order sales
experience.
Availability of address files and data-analysis
tools and techniques
Reduced growth potential
Strong will to grow
1
2
3
Availability of financial resources
'Cultural' family tendency towards 'natural'
products
Previous experience (Miss Beauté)
Existing growth potential
Non competition agreement
4
Tension to grow
Direct tension towards a specific business area
(i.e., cosmetics)
Tension to grow in the mail-order sector
5
Tension to grow in the mail-order sale of
cosmetics
30The role of knowledge
External context/Environment
Organizational context
External resources/competencies
Organizational and Governance Structure
Attitude towards resource/knowledge
combinations. Pursuit of entrepreneurial
opportunities, regardless of internal resources
currently controlled
Content. Entrepreneurial behavior
Growth orientation
Strategic context
Internal resources/competencies
Behavioral context/Past experiences
31Barilla - Mulino Bianco
32Barilla
- Its the largest pasta maker in Italy it holds
one of the most appealing brands for the Italian
consumers. - This family-owned giant has revenues for 2
billions Euros, employs 8.500 persons, produces
in 25 different plants (5 of them are abroad) and
exports in more then 100 countries. - Its Italian market share (in pasta) is 25
33Mulino Bianco
- Mulino Bianco is a line of products that Barilla
funded 25 years ago under this umbrella-brand we
find biscuits, cakes, sweet snacks, crackers and
bread (the so called bakery products). - In all these markets Mulino Bianco has a leading
position in Italy. - The division is growing so fast that MB sales
count for about 50 of the Barillas group
turnover
34A growing and innovating company (1)
- 1877 Pietro Barilla settles a pasta and bread
shop in Parma - 1910 he settles the first plant 80 employees
produce 8000 kilos of pasta daily - 1911 the famous corporate logo is created
- 1936 the number of employees reaches 700
- 1950 the Barillas visit the States they come
back to Italy with new ideas to improve
efficiency and customer satisfaction - 1955 Barilla is the first company selling pasta
in packs
35A growing and innovating company (2)
- 1960 The company become a PLC it employees 1300
persons - 1970 they build a plant in Pedrignano (its still
the largest pasta plant in the world) - 1971 W.R.Grace buys Barilla for over 70 million
they start diversification - 1975 they fund Mulino Bianco
- 1979 W.R.Grace sells the company to the Barillas
for 65 million they build Barilla France, the
first foreigner subsidiary
36A growing and innovating company (3)
- 1987 they structure their internationalization
process and start focused advertising campaign in
several foreign countries - 1991 the Greek pasta leader Misko is taken over
1992 They take over Pavesi, well known biscuits
producer - 1996 On average they reduce prices by 15 to face
the strong competition of Hard Discount and own
label products fresh pasta production starts - 1999 They buy Wasa from Novartis
- 2000 Barilla launchs the filled dried pasta
- 2002 Barilla launchs the frozen pasta
37Tension to Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Mature pasta market
- Declining financial results
- Mono-business company (high risk)
38In which industry to diversify?
- growing market
- low competition
- good profitability
- possibility to innovate
- relatedness to pasta
WHO
Biscuits!
39The penetration strategy
- ? step by step they introduce other bakery
products under the same umbrella-brand - 1976 stick bread and toasted bread slices,
already produced by Barilla, are shifted under MB
brand - 1977 sweet snacks and Pan carrè
- 1983 cream filled biscuits
- 1985 crackers
- 1986 fresh cakes
- ?inside the same segment, they enlarge the range
products. - this policy was implemented because, studying the
customer behavior, a need of change was found
after some months he is in need to change kind of
biscuit.
40The business Idea
WHAT
HOW
- New Brand Mulino Bianco
- Image of traditional, simple and genuine pdt
- Original shapes
- Innovating packaging
- Strong promotion and advertising
- High price
- Wide range
- Investments in RD
- From external to internal production
- Accurate supplier selection
- Synergy in distribution
- Advanced information system
41Corporate Support
- Financial
- Organizational
- Bargaining power
- Brand reputation
- Efficiency culture
- Approach to the customer
42Conclusions
- Today competition means spotting entrepreneurial
opportunities - Innovation can be pursued in different ways (SR
vs IV), requiring different organizational levers - Corporate Entrepreneurship occurs with no regards
to company size - Develop an entrepreneurial orientation
- The success of entrepreneurial development is
related mostly to immaterial factors