Non-profit and for-profit entrepreneurship: A trade-off under liquidity constraint

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-80

  Chapelle, Karine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Entrepreneurial entry; For profit firm; Liquidity constraint; Managerial efficiency; Non profit firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649142119     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0071-y     Document Type: Article

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