An exploratory study of social purpose business models in the United States

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-196

  Cooney, Kate ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

purpose business; social enterprise; work integration social enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650993954     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009351591     Document Type: Article

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