Building ventures through civic capitalism

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 612, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-177

  Brush, Candida ^a   Monti, Daniel ^b   Ryan, Andrea ^b   Gannon, Amy M ^b  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic capitalism; Civic enterprising; Hybrid ventures; Minority entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548626720     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207303590     Document Type: Article

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