Collective entrepreneurship in a Mennonite community in Paraguay

Latin American Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 82-96

  Dana, Leo Paul ^a   Dana, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community based enterprise; Cooperatives; Development; Meat exports; Mennonites; Qualitative inquiry; Religion; Social captial; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549146649     PISSN: 10978526     EISSN: 15286932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10978520802114730     Document Type: Article

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