Analyzing social entrepreneurship from an institutional perspective: Evidence from Spain

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-69

  Urbano, David ^a   Toledano, Nuria ^a   Soriano, Domingo Ribeiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case study; Institutional economics; Social entrepreneur; Social entrepreneurship; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958745517     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420670903442061     Document Type: Article

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