Early challenges of nascent social entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1045-1069

  Renko, Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84883754831     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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