Identifying the drivers of social entrepreneurial impact: Theoretical development and an exploratory empirical test of SCALERS

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-145

  Bloom, Paul N ^a   Smith, Brett R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; New venture growth; Nonprofit; Organization capabilities; Political capital; Scaling; Social capital; Social enterprise; Social entrepreneurship; Social impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952802666     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420670903458042     Document Type: Article

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