Making a difference: Strategies for scaling social innovation for greater impact

Innovation Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Westley, Frances ^a   Antadze, Nino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive cycle; Cross scale interaction; Market model; Scaling up; Social entrepreneur; Social innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956854285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17153816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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