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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and performance of two Nigerian banks. The study examined the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship (proactiveness, innovativeness, risktaking, competitive aggressiveness) and bank performance. The population comprised 230 staff of First Bank of Nigeria Plc and 280 staff of Access Bank Plc. Three hundred and eleven copies of Likert-scale based questionnaires, consisting of twentysix questions were administered. One hundred and forty-six(146) copies were given to staff of First Bank Plc, and one hundred and sixty-five(165) copies to staff of Access Bank Plc. A stratified sampling technique was used. Data analysis was by means of descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions, using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 16.0). The empirical results showed that proactiveness had positive and significant relationship with performance in old generation banks but positive and insignificant relationship with innovative performance in new generation banks. Also, competitive aggressiveness had a positive and a significant relationship with performance in old and new generation banks while innovativeness and risk-taking had negative and significant relationship with performance in both old and new generation banks. The study therefore recommends that management of the new generation banks should be more proactive in responding quickly to market signals in order to improve performance, and that both the old and the new generation banks should encourage corporate entrepreneurship activities that would drive or improve on the bank performance.
