A multilevel study of nascent social ventures

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-579

  Ruvio, Ayalla A ^a   Shoham, Aviv ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; social venture; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053643598     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610369741     Document Type: Article

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