Social ventures from a resource-based perspective: An exploratory study assessing global Ashoka fellows

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-680

  Meyskens, Moriah ^a   Robb Post, Colleen ^b   Stamp, Jeffrey A ^c   Carsrud, Alan L ^d   Reynolds, Paul D ^e  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955137881     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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