EPS7507 Corporate Entrepreneurship
3 Credits
As competition intensifies and growth stagnates, corporations are awakening to the imperative of entrepreneurship—not as a side initiative, but as a core organizational capability. While large firms possess the resources, experience, and networks to pursue transformative innovation, they are often constrained by systems optimized for operational efficiency and risk avoidance. The result is a persistent tension between the demands of today and the opportunities of tomorrow—one that most corporate innovation efforts struggle to resolve.
This course explores how organizations can build the ambidextrous capabilities required to both optimize current performance and foster entrepreneurial growth. We move beyond isolated innovation projects to examine how companies can institutionalize the structures, processes, and cultural mechanisms that enable exploration and exploitation to coexist. Through case studies and strategic frameworks, students will analyze how leading firms are rethinking their management systems to empower intrapreneurs and embed innovation into the fabric of the organization.
We will also examine how generative AI is transforming innovation systems—enhancing creativity, accelerating experimentation, and enabling new forms of strategic insight. Students will critically assess how this technology can be integrated into corporate entrepreneurship practices in ways that complement, rather than substitute for, human judgment and ingenuity.
Designed for future innovation leaders, this course provides an organizational perspective on corporate entrepreneurship, equipping students with the tools and mindsets needed to help large firms become truly ambidextrous—operationally excellent today, and entrepreneurially capable for the future.
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