Social entrepreneurship as an essentially contested concept: Opening a new avenue for systematic future research

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 363-376

  Choi, Nia ^a   Majumdar, Satyajit ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster concept; Essentially contested concepts; Social entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurship definition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897651761     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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