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Abstract

Date:  June 5, 2009

Course: Master Thesis (International Business and Entrepreneurship)

Course Code: EFO705, EFO704

Authors: Bingchao Zhu     840501-P399   bzu07001@student.mdh.se        Yang Zheng        840925-T272   yzg08002@student.mdh.se

Tutor:   Sven-Åke Nyström

Title: Entrepreneurship and Network: SAP’ Network in the Entrepreneurial Organization

Research question: What are the competitive advantages gained by SAP through developing partnership and buyer-seller relationship in its entrepreneurial organization?

Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to identify and describe what competitive advantages SAP gain through analyzing the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and network..

Methods: The methods of this research can be identified as primary information and secondary information. The primary information is the interview designed; the secondary information is the documents from the internet, school library, SAP library.

Conceptual Framework: The theoretical framework includes two aspects which include entrepreneurial organization and network.

Conclusion: The conclusion comes from the analysis based on literature review, theoretical framework, and empirical case. SAP can gain three aspects of competitive advantages through developing the network in the entrepreneurial organization, which include cost advantage, differentiation advantage and economic advantages.