Factors Affecting Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Case of Food Industry

According to the dynamism and complexity of today's business environment, the importance of applying entrepreneurial thinking and actions and creating entrepreneurial organizations is evident. Nowadays, organizations have particular considerations to corporate entrepreneurship due to its role in gaining sustainable competitive advantage through innovation, risk taking and strategic renewal of organizations. With regard to the fact that providing conditions for implementation of extra dimensions has attracted the attention of many researchers, the purpose of this study was with a comprehensive approach to identify and prioritize the factors affecting corporate entrepreneurship in food industries. CE can identify and develop value creation opportunities in the food industry. The first statistical population of this research consisted of 714 participants including executives, professionals and entrepreneurial organizationexperts in the food industries of Behrouz, Zamzam, Pak, Golestan, Mohsen, which have been selected as sample in random, according to Cochran Formula 250. The second statistical population was selected within 16 experts and professors of entrepreneurship management in universities to prioritize the factors. The research is applicable in aim, and descriptive-correlative in conduction. The Structural Equation Modeling and Fuzzy Hierarchy Analyze process techniques were used to analyze information. The results show that the four organizational, individual, strategic and environmental factors have positive effects on corporate entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial companies in the food industry and the fact that organizational factors are more important in this regard.