Building Partnerships to Create Social and Economic Value at the Base of the Global Development Pyramid

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 721-733

  Calton, Jerry M ^a   Werhane, Patricia H ^b   Hartman, Laura P ^b   Bevan, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Base of pyramid; Community of practice; Decentered stakeholder network; Global action network; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887611652     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1716-0     Document Type: Article

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