The financing structure of social enterprises: Conflicts and implications

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-99

  Achleitner, Ann Kristin ^a   Spiess Knafl, Wolfgang ^b   Volk, Sarah ^a  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Financing structure; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894626733     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2014.059404     Document Type: Article

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