Bringing change into the lives of the poor: Entrepreneurship outside traditional boundaries

Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 92-119

  Martí, Ignasi ^a   Mair, Johanna ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 84928048729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511596605.004     Document Type: Chapter

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