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intrapreneurial

intrapreneurial adjective: entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business.

Adjective

intrapreneurial (comparative more intrapreneurial, superlative most intrapreneurial)

  1. Entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business.
    • Sixth, an organization that wants to become more intrapreneurial must learn to be more productive with fewer resources. Top-heavy organizations are out of date in today's hypercompetitive environment.2004, Robert D. Hisrich, Small Business Solutions: How to Fix and Prevent the Thirteen Biggest Problems That Derail Business

Forms of intrapreneurial

comparativemore intrapreneurial
superlativemost intrapreneurial

Origin of intrapreneurial

Blend of intra- + entrepreneurial.

Words formed from intrapreneurial

Questions about intrapreneurial

What does intrapreneurial mean?
Intrapreneurial means entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business.
What part of speech is intrapreneurial?
Intrapreneurial is an adjective.

Words near intrapreneurial in the dictionary

  1. intraposition
  2. intrapostzygapophyseal
  3. intrapped
  4. intrapping
  5. intrapreneur
  6. intrapreneurial
  7. intrapreneurialism
  8. intrapreneurially
  9. intrapreneurs
  10. intrapreneurship
  11. intraprezygapophyseal

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