Entrepreneurship and innovation at the base of the Pyramid: A recipe for inclusive growth or social exclusion?

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 785-812

  Hall, Jeremy ^a   Matos, Stelvia ^a   Sheehan, Lorn ^b   Silvestre, Bruno ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid (BOP); Entrepreneurship policy; Innovation; Social entrepreneurship; Social inclusion; Tourism industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860689950     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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