Converging sustainable entrepreneurship and the contemporary marketing practices. An insight into Romanian start-ups

Amfiteatru Economic

Volumn 17, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 938-954

  Hapenciuc, Cristian Valentin ^a   Pînzaru, Florina ^b   Vătămănescu, Elena Mădălina ^b   Stanciu, Pavel ^a  

^a STEFAN CEL MARE UNIVERSITY OF SUCEAVA   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

Contemporary marketing practices; Entrepreneurial marketing; People environment profit; Start ups; Sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937692888     PISSN: 15829146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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