Non-profit organizations, entrepreneurship, social capital and economic growth

Small Business Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-281

  Bahmani, Sahar ^a   Galindo, Miguel Ángel ^b   Méndez, María Teresa ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Entrepreneurship; Non profit organizations; Schumpeter; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856428901     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9274-7     Document Type: Article

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