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A balance of strategic management and entrepreneurship practices—The renewal journey of the Swedish Public Employment Service
Author(s) -
Höglund Linda,
Holmgren Caicedo Mikael,
Mårtensson Maria
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
financial accountability and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1468-0408
pISSN - 0267-4424
DOI - 10.1111/faam.12162
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , agency (philosophy) , strategic planning , business , balance (ability) , public service , strategic control , control (management) , strategic management , service (business) , strategic financial management , public relations , marketing , management , economics , political science , sociology , finance , medicine , social science , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The purpose of this paper is to study the first phase—from 2014 to 2016—of the Swedish Public Employment Service's renewal journey by examining how the agency worked to achieve its new strategy through processes of strategic management and entrepreneurship. We did this through the theoretical lens of strategic entrepreneurship (SE). The results showed that the agency's renewal processes are simultaneously entrepreneurial and strategic. The agency is historically well known for its detailed management and control, which creates several tensions with entrepreneurship. We contributed to previous literature by focusing on the organizational aspects of these tensions and the SE practices of balancing entrepreneurship with strategic management.