Entrepreneurship in the informal economy: Commercial or social entrepreneurs?

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-324

  Williams, Colin C ^a   Nadin, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial entrepreneurship; Enterprise culture; Informal sector; Moscow; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864417700     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-011-0169-0     Document Type: Article

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