A process-based view of social entrepreneurship: From opportunity identification to scaling-up social change in the case of San Patrignano

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 515-534

  Perrini, Francesco ^a   Vurro, Clodia ^a   Costanzo, Laura A ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial process; Intervening dimensions; Social entrepreneurship; Social innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; RIMINI [EMILIA-ROMAGNA];

EID: 77958523230     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2010.488402     Document Type: Article

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