A Quantitative Comparison of Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Social Entrepreneurship Organizations in Context

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-68

  Bacq, Sophie ^a   Hartog, Chantal ^b   Hoogendoorn, Brigitte ^b,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

commercial entrepreneurship; context; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM); organizational features; quantitative analysis; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875913415     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2012.758653     Document Type: Article

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