Green community entrepreneurship: Creative destruction in the social economy

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 538-553

  Gliedt, Travis ^a   Parker, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Entrepreneurialism; Environmental management; Non profit organizations; Social capital; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547254660     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290710763053     Document Type: Article

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