Social enterprise versus social entrepreneurship: An examination of the 'why' and 'how' in pursuing social change

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 764-784

  Luke, Belinda ^a   Chu, Vien ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

micro enterprise programmes; social enterprise; social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886910207     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612462598     Document Type: Article

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