Complexity theory and the social entrepreneurship zone

Emergence: Complexity and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 39-56

  Swanson, Lee A ^a   Zhang, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 80053590030     PISSN: 15213250     EISSN: 15217000     Source Type: Journal    
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