Competitive strategy in socially entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations: Innovation and differentiation

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-101

  Weerawardena, Jay ^a   Mort, Gillian Sullivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; External learning; Internal learning; Social entrepreneurship; Social innovation; Socially entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862517914     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.11.034     Document Type: Article

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