Game Changers: The Big Green Challenge and the Role of Challenge Grants in Social Innovation

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-183

  Tjornbo, Ola ^a   Westley, Frances R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

challenge grants; social finance; Social innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870014345     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2012.726007     Document Type: Article

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