Promoting social entrepreneurship: Harnessing experiential learning with technology transfer to create knowledge based opportunities

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 597-606

  Lipinski, John ^a   Lester, Donald L ^a   Nicholls, Jeananne ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential Learning; Social Entrepreneurship; Sustainable Strategic Management; Technology Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874213353     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v29i2.7660     Document Type: Article

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