Dual identities in social ventures: An exploratory study

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 805-830

  Moss, Todd W ^a   Short, Jeremy C ^a   Payne, G Tyge ^a   Lumpkin, G T ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955727905     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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