Gauging the success of social ventures initiated by individual social entrepreneurs

Journal of World Business

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-20

  Sharir, Moshe ^a   Lerner, Miri ^b  

^a ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Social entrepreneurship; Social ventures; Success related factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744433468     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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