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Although authors generally agree on the nature of entrepreneurial activities within existing firms, differences in the terminology used to describe those activities have created confusion. This article discusses existing definitions in the field of corporate entrepreneurship, reconciles these definitions, and provides criteria for classifying and understanding the activities associated with corporate venturing.
*Originally published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 1999, 23(3): 11–27. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishing.
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Sharma, P., Chrisman, S.J.J. (2007). Toward a Reconciliation of the Definitional Issues in the Field of Corporate Entrepreneurship* . In: Cuervo, Á., Ribeiro, D., Roig, S. (eds) Entrepreneurship. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48543-8_4
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