On transformation and adaptation: Building the entrepreneurial corporation

This article is an initial attempt to classify the nature of transformations and specifically to look at the nature of transformation which attempts to build more broadly adaptive, 'entrepreneurial' organizations. The article is built on initial observations of companies that have undertaken regenerative transformations involving changes in their strategy, structure, process, and behavior. We are setting the frame for further research in which we hope to connect entrepreneurship, transformation and theory on change (punctuated equilibrium) and adaptive organizations.

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