Social entrepreneurship and economic development in Silicon Valley: A case study on the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 869-883

  Squazzoni, Flaminio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local economic development; Nonprofit organizations; Silicon Valley; Social capital; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350046177     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008326198     Document Type: Article

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