This paper, responds to the recent calls in research, to address the theoretical underpinnings of entrepreneurial strategies in MNC’s. Today, a multiplicity of entrepreneurial approaches exists, cf. skunk work, bricolage, bootlegging. However, these exists in disparate literature, that provides limited oversight to managers in, that need to select between a manifold of different entrepreneurial strategies. Moreover, these approaches typically originate from a distinctively different organizational context, namely SMEs. Through a literature review we identify two important axiomatic assumptions concerning entrepreneurial strategies within the organizational conditions of MNCs. The first fundamental assumption concerns the organizational origin of such effort. The second theoretical assumption deals with how the entrepreneurial initiative can meet either organizational resistance or support. We synthesize these two dimensions into a two-by-two matrix, that provides an answer to our research question: what are the critical dimensions for entrepreneurial strategies in an MNC context? We then employ this typology to categorize predominant entrepreneurial strategies in current literature, to create a overview that can be used both for structuring the debate in the literature; as well as a basis to discuss important implicit assumptions, that should guide the selection of entrepreneurial strategy in a MNC context in practice.

本文回应了最近的研究呼吁，以解决跨国公司创业战略的理论基础。如今，存在多种创业方法，参见。臭鼬工作，贿赂，偷窃。但是，这些存在于不同的文献中，这些文献对管理人员的监督有限，需要在多种不同的创业策略之间进行选择。而且，这些方法通常源自与众不同的组织环境，即中小企业。通过文献综述，我们确定了跨国公司组织条件下有关企业战略的两个重要的公理假设。第一个基本假设涉及这种努力的组织起源。第二个理论假设涉及创业计划如何满足组织的阻力或支持。我们将这两个维度合成为一个二乘二的矩阵，这为我们的研究问题提供了答案：在跨国公司背景下，创业战略的关键维度是什么？然后，我们采用这种类型对当前文学中的主要创业策略进行分类，以创建可用于组织文学中辩论的概述。并作为讨论重要的隐含假设的基础，在实践中应指导跨国公司背景下的创业策略选择。跨国公司背景下的创业战略的关键维度是什么？然后，我们采用这种类型对当前文学中的主要创业策略进行分类，以创建可用于组织文学中辩论的概述。并作为讨论重要的隐含假设的基础，在实践中应指导跨国公司背景下的创业策略选择。跨国公司背景下的创业战略的关键维度是什么？然后，我们采用这种类型对当前文学中的主要创业策略进行分类，以创建可用于组织文学中辩论的概述。并作为讨论重要的隐含假设的基础，在实践中应指导跨国公司背景下的创业策略选择。