The legitimization of social entrepreneurship

Journal of Enterprising Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-67

  Hervieux, Chantal ^a   Gedajlovic, Eric ^b   Turcotte, Marie France B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Social action; Social roles; Societal organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949559934     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506201011029500     Document Type: Article

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