Intrapreneurship in Swedish Technology Consultancy Firms : Influences of the billing per hour mindset on intrapreneurial activities

Sammanfattning: The financial billing per hour model consultancies use is a successful concept. The financial model has also influenced a mindset where the structures, culture, and leadership of the consultancies revolve around billability. Currently, many consultancies are aiming at business model innovation and turn their innovation capabilities internally through intrapreneurship. Therefore, this thesis answers the questions on how intrapreneurship is integrated into the business model and what role structural, cultural, and leadership aspects have in regard to intrapreneurship. The conducted study shows that there are two main ways of structuring the incorporation of intrapreneurship initiatives, structured and hired intrapreneurship. The culture that revolves around the billing per hour mindset influences both leadership’s willingness to supply resources to the initiative negatively and in many cases, management lacks the knowledge of what is needed to succeed with business model innovation. The study shows that the strategy of the intrapreneurship initiative and the communication and acceptance of the vision are two crucial parameters.