11752. ENTREPRENEURISM IN AMERICAN CORPORATIONS - THEORY & SCOPE. Examines the rationale and scope of corporate entrepreneurship. Provides a definition of the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial organization, including a summary of its key characteristics, and considers the rationale and scope of the "entrepreneurial prescription" offered by American management experts such as Drucker and Peters as a solution to the competitive and quality problems of large corporations. A concluding section considers the barriers to implementing entrepreneurism. 12 pages, 41 footnotes, 16 bibliographic sources.