Intraempreendedorismo

Alessandra Cecília Alves de Almeida
EMBA09

How to develop Intrapreneurship Culture within Companies

Final Project presented to Academic Director of Business School São Paulo as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the grant of a certificate of completion of the Executive Master of Business Administration

Advisor: Prof. Marco Antonio Gregori

São Paulo 2006

Approval Certificate

This MBA/Executive MBA final project is hereby approved.

____________________________________ Prof. Carlos Tasso Eira de Aquino Dean

____________________________________ Prof. Marco Antonio Gregori Advisor

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Abstract

In the last two years became larger my curiosity for understanding how companies succeed. In one side to observe how the larger corporation can give leaps in terms of efficiency, fast response time to market, innovate; on the other side how smaller ones can fight against the giants already in the field, with good reputation and a history behind them. Besides the jargon “People are the most valuable assets companies have“ I really though people would make the difference. And it was astounding to me realize how much difference they can make ….

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Acknowledgments

It was a wonderful experience to prepare this final project about Intrapreneurship. While my name is on this document, there is a cast behind the scenes supporting and encouraging me.

My parents, who have never stopped believing in me, deserve my thanks. I also would like to appreciate my sister, who encouraged me to move along the road; thank you for your friendship and affection. In addition to insightful comments and discussions I am grateful for the intrapreneurial spirit of several SAP colleagues. Lots of thanks to Marco Hashimoto classes, whose wonderful content and his own performance have inspired me to learn a bit more about Intrapreneurship. Thanks to SAP Brasil for the knowledge shared along all these years, for the confidence and for sponsoring my MBA