Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand firm‐level entrepreneurship in diverse organizational contexts and explain its relationship with organizational factors. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a multiple‐case research design. In‐depth interviews are...

The focus of this study was on successful, small, rapidly growing firms and on people who manage (entrepreneurs/ CEOs) or help manage (interventionists/consultants) these firms. Investigates the structural (complexity, formalization and centralization) changes that occur in firms as they move...

An ambitious programme was launched in the early 1980s for bringing about an organizational change in planned economy companies. Because of the centralized political and economic power, and strictly hierarchical managerial structures the programme was targeted at the top management teams. The...

Reviews important contemporary theoretical approaches to the understanding and management of change in organizations, and then proposes an alternative framework for integrating the major themes encountered in organizational change management. Reports on results from an assessment instrument...