Entrepreneurship as an integrating mechanism for disadvantaged persons

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 353-372

  de Clercq, Dirk ^a   Honig, Benson ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged persons; Social entrepreneurship; Theory of practice

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79960337197     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2011.580164     Document Type: Article

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