Organizational Benefits of Corporate Entrepreneurship

Evaluating the benefits of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) is widely recognized as a key driver of innovation, adaptability, and long-term organizational development. While CE initiatives are often praised for enhancing competitiveness and resilience, empirical evidence supporting these claims remains limited and dispersed. Much of the existing literature is conceptual in nature, with insights frequently derived from isolated case studies or anecdotal accounts by business leaders, rather than from systematic empirical research. As a result, few studies provide robust qualitative or quantitative assessments of CE’s direct and indirect impacts on organizational performance, employee engagement, or innovation portfolio and revenues. This lack of methodological rigor has prompted calls within the academic community for more evidence-based investigations into the outcomes of CE. Scientifically grounded insights are essential for organizations aiming to refine their CE strategies and justify resource allocation to intrapreneurial
initiatives. A structured evaluation framework can support this effort by helping firms
measure return on investment (ROI), determine strategic fit, and identify success factors
that sustain innovation over time. Responding to this need, the present chapter
first reviews key theoretical approaches to the organizational benefits of CE. It then draws
on a broad range of case examples spanning nearly four decades to offer an empirically
informed—though non-systematic—analysis of CE’s contributions to business growth and
organizational transformation.