The legitimacy of social entrepreneurship: Reflexive isomorphism in a pre-paradigmatic field

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-633

  Nicholls, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955167968     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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