Exploring the Motivation of Nascent Social Entrepreneurs

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-21

  Germak, Andrew J ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

motivation; nascent social entrepreneurs; social enterprise; Social entrepreneurship; social innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893967215     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2013.820781     Document Type: Article

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