Innovation and social entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid - A conceptual framework

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 54-66

  Pervez, Taimoor ^a   Maritz, Alex ^a   de Waal, Anton ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid; Bottom of the pyramid; Disruptive innovation; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944872766     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v16i5.628     Document Type: Article

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