Risky business? The survival implications of exploiting commercial opportunities by nonprofits

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 392-404

  Gras, David ^a   Mendoza Abarca, Karla I ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonprofit; Opportunity exploitation; Resource dependence theory; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897671607     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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