Development of components of entrepreneurial outsourcing model in state-owned companies: implication for entrepreneurship development in the private sector

Although the importance of entrepreneurial outsourcing to state-owned companies is theoretically clear, but there is a lack of fundamental studies with a practical and operational approach in this area. This study seeks to develop the components of the entrepreneurial outsourcing model in state-owned companies in order to provide a model for the development of employment and entrepreneurship in the private sector. This research has been done with deductive-inductive approach and mixed research method as a case study in Golestan Gas Company. The target population of this research includes theoretical experts (entrepreneurship professors) and experimental experts (gas company managers). Sampling was done using non-probability method and purposeful selection. Data collection tools are interviews and questionnaires. Grounded theory method has been used to analyze the interviews. The identified indicators were also validated by fuzzy Delphi method and were prioritized by fuzzy SWARA method. Research data analysis was performed in the qualitative phase with MaxQDA software and in the quantitative phase with Matlab software. The results showed that the government laws and regulations, human resources, economic factors, strategic factors, entrepreneurial management, environmental and institutional factors, entrepreneurial performance are the main categories of the entrepreneurial outsourcing model. Entrepreneurial management is at the core of this model and is in dynamic interaction with environmental and process categories. Through the environmental and process capabilities of entrepreneurial outsourcing, the goals of corporate entrepreneurial performance, ecosystem and cost savings can be achieved. These results can be used to develop entrepreneurship and employment among private contractors.