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• Duarte, Nelson

In the present paper, management strategies are analysed in order to evaluate the degree of entrepreneurship in firms management by the use of innovation, risk and proactivity strategies. Since we are dealing with management strategies, it is possible to relate them to the concept of Intrapreneurship. This study was done in a region of northern (Portugal Vale do Sousa) and focus on Industrial and Construction sectors. The region is composed of six concelhos in some of which it is possible to identify some industrial districts. In order to get a valid sample, a group of 251 firms were analysed. Each strategy was analysed individually and the results pointed to a lack of culture of entrepreneurship in firms management. Only Proactivity presented a positive result in firms management. When grouping the results, it was possible to conclude that the degree of intrapreneurship is very low and firms are surviving (even succeeding) by following conventional (old fashioned) management strategies.

• Economics and Business
• Computer and information sciences

• Διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων
• Industries
• risk management
• Statistics

innovation, risk, proactivity, small firms, intrapreneurship, strategy

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