Social Entrepreneurship and Societal Transformation: An Exploratory Study

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-282

  Alvord, Sarah H ^a   Brown, L David ^a   Letts, Christine W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development nongovernmental organizations; scaling up; social change; social entrepreneurship; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744438328     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886304266847     Document Type: Article

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