Creating sustainable international social ventures

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-142

  Chen, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 83755224827     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21445     Document Type: Article

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