%0 Thesis
%9 Masters
%A Baisier, Paul, Ir
%A Open University Malaysia (OUM),
%B Centre for Graduate Studies (CGS)
%D 2005
%F library_repository:248
%I Open University Malaysia (OUM)
%K Management, Puratos
%T Evaluation of Intrepreneurial Activity Within Puratos, a Decentralizing Global Company (First 24 pages only)  
%U https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/248/
%X The global economy is creating profound and substantial changes for  organizations and industries throughout the world. These changes make  it necessary for business firms to carefully examine their purpose and  to devote a great deal of attention to selecting and following strategies  in their pursuit on the levels of success that have a high probability of  satisfying multiple stakeholders. In response to rapid, discontinuous,  and significant changes in their external and internal environments,  many established companies have restructured their operations in  fbndamental and meaningful ways (Kuratko & Hodgetts, 2004).  Today, a wealth of popular business literature describes a new  "corporate revolution" taking place thanks to the infusion of  entrepreneurial thinking into large bureaucratic structures (Hamel.  2000). This infusion is referred to as corporate entrepreneurship or  intrapreneurship, which allows corporations to tap the innovative  talents of their own workers and managers (Morris & Kuratko, 2002).  This project paper investigates the intrapreneurial activity within  Puratos, a Belgian food company for bakery, patisserie and chocolate  ingredients, with around hundred production and financial subsidiaries  around the world. Each Puratos subsidiary is managed by a Belgian or  local General Manager. (Author's abstract)
%Z Project paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration, MBA