Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Is Entrepreneurial will Enough? A North-South Comparison

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-367

  Spence, Martine ^a   Ben Boubaker Gherib, Jouhaina ^b   Biwolé, Viviane Ondoua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b University of Manouba   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; SMEs; sustainability; sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953050781     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0656-1     Document Type: Article

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