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Intrapreneurship in Swedish Technology Consultancy Firms: Influences of the billing per hour mindset on intrapreneurial activities
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM).
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM).
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Intraprenörskap i Svenska Konsultbolaginom Teknik (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

The financial billing per hour model consultancies use is a successful concept. The financial model has also influenced a mindset where the structures, culture, and leadership of the consultancies revolve around billability. Currently, many consultancies are aiming at business model innovation and turn their innovation capabilities internally through intrapreneurship. Therefore, this thesis answers the questions on how intrapreneurship is integrated into the business model and what role structural, cultural, and leadership aspects have in regard to intrapreneurship.

The conducted study shows that there are two main ways of structuring the incorporation of intrapreneurship initiatives, structured and hired intrapreneurship. The culture that revolves around the billing per hour mindset influences both leadership’s willingness to supply resources to the initiative negatively and in many cases, management lacks the knowledge of what is needed to succeed with business model innovation. The study shows that the strategy of the intrapreneurship initiative and the communication and acceptance of the vision are two crucial parameters.

Abstract [sv]

Dagens konsultfirmor använder sig av ett historiskt framgångsrik finansiell struktur som bygger på debiterbara timmar. Fokuset på de debiterbara timmarna påverkar inte bara den finansiella strukturen, den influerar även hur konsultfirmorna struktureras, kulturen och ledarskapet. Fokuset på debiterbara timmar komplicerar för interna projekt via intraprenörskap och innovation kring affärsmodellen. För att undersöka detta vidare svarar denna uppsats på hur intraprenörskap integreras i affärsmodellen och till vilken del struktur, kultur och ledarskap influerar initiativen.

Den genomförda studien visar att det finns två huvudsakliga sätt att strukturera integrerandet av intraprenörskap, strukturerat och hyrt intraprenörskap. Kulturen som kretsar kring debiterbar tid påverkar ledarskapets vilja att tillföra resurser till initiativet negativt och i många fall saknar ledningen kunskap om vad som behövs för att lyckas med affärsmodellsinnovation. Studien visar att strategin för intraprenörskap initiativet och kommunikationen samt acceptansen av visionen är två avgörande parametrar för hur initiativen implementeras i affärsmodellen.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 71
Series
TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2022:285
Keywords [en]
Intrapreneurship, Organizational Structure, Organizational Culture, Leadership, Business Model Innovation, Scalability
Keywords [sv]
Intraprenörskap, Organisationsstruktur, Företagskultur, Ledarskap, Innovation av Affärsmodell, Skalbarhet
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-317556OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-317556DiVA, id: diva2:1695401
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Available from: 2022-09-13 Created: 2022-09-13 Last updated: 2022-09-13Bibliographically approved

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