2026-06-29T07:22:59Zhttps://docta.ucm.es/rest/oai/requestoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/917992025-08-28T17:12:26Zcom_20.500.14352_14col_20.500.14352_15
The Visible Hand of corporate entrepreneurship in state-owned enterprises: a longitudinal study of the Spanish National Postal Operator
Gil López, Águeda
Arzubiaga, Unai
San Román López, Elena Cristina
De Massis, Alfredo
State-owned enterprises
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Longitudinal study
Monopolistic market
Market liberalization
Postal industry
Historia económica
5506.06 Historia de la Economía
This study explores how the corporate entrepreneurship (CE) of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) evolves under varying conditions of state ownership and control, laws and norms, and competence in the market. For this purpose, we present a longitudinal case study focused on the Spanish postal operator Correos using qualitative archival data and interviews. Our results indicate that the willingness and capacity of an SOE to act entrepreneurially depends critically on its degree of autonomy from the state and on the extent to which its legal and market environments increase its dynamism, complexity, and hostility. We also show that the development of CE in an SOE may lead to improved service quality, operational efficiency, and business specialization; facilitate its market positioning; and foster its sustainability through the exploration and exploitation of strategic alliances that can increase its business scope.
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
European Commission
Depto. de Economía Aplicada, Estructura e Historia
Fac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
TRUE
pub
2024-01-08T12:03:37Z
2024-01-08T12:03:37Z
2022
journal article
AM
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91799
1554-7191
10.1007/s11365-020-00700-y
1555-1938
eng
PGC2018–093971-B-I00
Gil-López, Águeda, Unai Arzubiaga, Elena San Román, y Alfredo De Massis. «The Visible Hand of Corporate Entrepreneurship in State-Owned Enterprises: A Longitudinal Study of the Spanish National Postal Operator». International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 18, n.o 3 (septiembre de 2022): 1033-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00700-y.
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
open access
application/pdf
Springer