Abstract:

Objectives : The aim of the study is to examine the corporate entrepreneurship of the state in the field of non-profit organizations through the General Directorate of Turkish Red Crescent Blood Services. Design/Methodology: The research was designed as a qualitative case study. In this context, documents, activity reports, statutes, strategic plans, newspaper archives, legislation related to the subject and semi-structured interviews were used as a data set to answer the research question. Results: The result of the research shows that the state, as a corporate entrepreneur, carries out institutional work in the Turkish Red Crescent Blood Services as a non-profit organization to reveal and maintain institutions. It is among the findings obtained as a result of the research that these institutional works are also effective in the internal structuring of the organization and that it increases the organizational performance. Originality/Value: Considering the importance of blood services in terms of human life and the size of the organization within the fields of activity of the Turkish Red Crescent, which has been operating mainly on humanitarian aid since the day it was founded due to its mission, research conducted in the profit sector, especially in the context of corporate entrepreneurship, can be expressed as an original value.

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