Entrepreneurial Orientation: Evidence of its Manifestation in Four Project Management Offices

Authors

  • Ana Claudia Belfort Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.
  • Cristina Dai Prá Martens Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.
  • Henrique Mello Rodrigues de Freitas Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14211/regepe.v6i2.521

Keywords:

Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), Entrepreneurial Orientation Dimensions, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Systems (PMS), Multiple case study.

Abstract

This study aims to analyze how entrepreneurial orientation dimensions manifest in different types of project management offices in companies that develop software, from the perspective of their project management systems. The research method used was a multiple case study in four software development companies. Data collection strategy included semi-structured interviews, document analysis and filed records. Data were triangulated and analyzed inter- and intra-case. The results obtained indicated that dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation can manifest at different levels in the same type of project management office. Factors related to the organizational structure and the management system adopted tend to affect the way in which entrepreneurial orientation manifests in a determined context.  The main limitations are methodological and refer to the holding of one interview per company and to the way the analysis was conducted, since another researcher could adopt another form of analyzing data and presenting results. This study allows for understanding of the entrepreneurial orientation phenomenon in a project management context in addition to proposing future studies on this theme based on the gaps identified.

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Author Biographies

Ana Claudia Belfort, Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.

Doutoranda em Administração pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação e Adminstração na Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo.

Cristina Dai Prá Martens, Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre. Diretora do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Administração - Gestão de Projetos da Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE, São Paulo.

Henrique Mello Rodrigues de Freitas, Universidade Nove de Julho – UNINOVE.

Doutor em Administração pela Université Pierre Mendès France -(UPMF)/Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) (Grenoble, França) e Professor Titulas do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo.

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2017-08-01

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Belfort, A. C., Martens, C. D. P., & Freitas, H. M. R. de. (2017). Entrepreneurial Orientation: Evidence of its Manifestation in Four Project Management Offices. REGEPE Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal, 6(2), 402–427. https://doi.org/10.14211/regepe.v6i2.521

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