The effects of organizational structure and market orientation on corporate entrepreneurship

This study investigates the effects of organizational structure and marketorientation on corporate entrepreneurship practices of firms in İstanbul StockExchange in Turkey using quantitative analysis. In this study, it is alleged thatthe greater the level of market orientation as a cultural dimension, the morecorporate entrepreneurship practices are seen and the more organicity level asa structural characteristic of the firm, the more corporate entrepreneurshippractices are seen. The results indicate that the organicity level strongly affectsthe strategic renewal practices as a corporate entrepreneurship dimension. But,according to investigation results, hypothesis concerning the more organicitylevel, the more innovativeness, new venturing activities, risk taking,proactiveness, competitive agresiveness and the more open and participativemanagement philosophy are seen are not supported. Moreover, the resultsshow that there is a partial relationship between market orientation andcorporate entrepreneurship in regard to innovativeness, strategic renewal andproactivenesss dimension yet there is no relationship between marketorientation and new venturing activities, risk taking, competitive agresivenessand management philosophy. Implications of results for the research oncorporate entrepreneurship, market orientation, organizational structure,compettitive strategies and strategic management are discussed.Keywords: Corporate entrepreneurship, Market orientation, Organizationalstructure, Competitive strategies and strategic management.