Responsible entrepreneurship in developing countries: Understanding the realities and complexities

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-452

  Azmat, Fara ^a   Samaratunge, Ramanie ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Responsible entrepreneurship; Small scale individual entrepreneurs; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555199741     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0054-8     Document Type: Article

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