Corporate Entrepreneurship

Corporate Entrepreneurship

This course is part of Corporate Innovation & Intrapreneurship Programme Specialization

Instructor: Martine Abboud

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Understand corporate entrepreneurship and the intrapreneurial mindset within organisations.
Recognise how organisational structures, cultures, teams, resources, and internal systems enable or constrain intrapreneurial performance.
Apply corporate venturing, innovation ecosystem thinking, and sustainable renewal approaches to support organisational growth and transformation.

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This course is part of the Corporate Innovation & Intrapreneurship Programme Specialization

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There are 3 modules in this course

The CREO Corporate Entrepreneurship course introduces corporate entrepreneurship as a way for organisations to generate innovation, renew internal capabilities, and respond to change from within. Learners will explore the intrapreneurial mindset, strategic behaviour, organisational tensions, innovation ecosystems, corporate venturing, team formation, and sustainable organisational renewal.

This course is designed for employees, team leaders, managers, innovation teams, and internal venture champions working inside organisations who want to lead new products, services, or improvements from within. It is especially relevant for those navigating internal politics, resource constraints, stakeholder alignment, and corporate innovation systems. By the end of the course, learners will gain a clear understanding of how intrapreneurial individuals, teams, and companies can turn internal ideas into structured innovation, manage organisational complexity, and support long-term growth and transformation.

This module introduces the intrapreneurial mindset and how individuals create strategic value from within organisations. Learners will explore intrapreneurial capability, engagement, execution, resource mobilisation, value creation, and the organisational tensions that shape internal innovation. The module also examines how intrapreneurs navigate politics, culture, conflict, and strategic constraints while contributing to organisational renewal.

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Framing Intrapreneurship Through Role and Strategic Value20 minutes
Intrapreneurial Capability20 minutes
Strategic Behaviour in Intrapreneurship20 minutes
Case Study — The Decision Beyond the Platform20 minutes
Drivers of Intrapreneurial Engagement20 minutes
Enabling Intrapreneurial Execution20 minutes
Mobilising Resources for Intrapreneurial Performance20 minutes
The Architecture of Intrapreneurial Performance20 minutes
Intrapreneurial Value Creation within Organisations20 minutes
Intrapreneurship and Organisational Progress20 minutes
Company Costs of Intrapreneurship20 minutes
Individual-Level Dynamics of Intrapreneurship20 minutes
From Strategic Intent to Intrapreneurial Execution20 minutes
Navigating Political Dynamics and Conflict in Intrapreneurial Contexts20 minutes
Navigating Cultural Tensions and Systemic Conflict in Intrapreneurial Contexts20 minutes
Case Study — When Strategy Remains Unchallenged20 minutes

This module focuses on how companies build the structures, cultures, teams, and systems needed to support intrapreneurship. Learners will examine innovation ecosystems, venture discovery, team formation, venture programmes, corporate venturing, strategic positioning, and sustainable innovation. The module also explores how organisations manage tensions between optimisation and exploration while building long-term renewal capacity.

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20 pluginsTotal 400 minutes

Ecosystem – Organisational Structure20 minutes
Ecosystem – Organisational Culture20 minutes
Ecosystem – Venture Discovery20 minutes
Ecosystem – Team Formation20 minutes
Ecosystem – Venture Programmes20 minutes
Ecosystem – Support Structure20 minutes
Ecosystem – Sustainable Development20 minutes
Internal Innovation System Framework20 minutes
Corporate Venturing20 minutes
Strategic Exit Optionality20 minutes
Execution Frictions in Corporate Venturing20 minutes
Commitment Credibility and Knowledge Integration20 minutes
External Strategic Positioning Framework20 minutes
Case Study – The Persistence of Non-Obvious Outcomes20 minutes
Innovation Filtering Mechanisms20 minutes
Structural Tension between Optimisation and Exploration20 minutes
Sustainable Innovation as Temporal and Systemic Shift20 minutes
From Operational Improvement to System Transformation20 minutes
Intrapreneurship for Sustained Organisational Renewal20 minutes
Case Study Venmo and the Transition from Growth to Control20 minutes

This module includes the final course assignment

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