The politics of narrating social entrepreneurship

Journal of Enterprising Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-108

  Dey, Pascal ^a   Steyaert, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Narratives; Social change; Societal organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949563839     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506201011029528     Document Type: Article

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