CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A PARADIGM FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION AND GROWTH Mercy Modupe Adeyeye, A senior lecturer at the Department of Entrepreneurship and siness studies, Federal University of Technology, Minna. stract cent emphasis has been on entrepreneurship in small and medium enterprises rather than ge organization as propounded by Schumpeter. This theoretical paper examines corporate trepreneurship as a paradigm for successful competition and growth. The study extends isting research on corporate entrepreneurship by specifically addressing a developing onomy context and contingencies within which companies will not only survive but thrive. With e onset of intensifying global competition, there is an increasing need for corporate canizations to become more entrepreneurial. The pathways of innovation through corporate