Bricolage in social entrepreneurship: How creative resource mobilization fosters greater social impact

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 283-289

  Bacq, Sophie ^a   Ofstein, Laurel F ^b   Kickul, Jill R ^c   Gundry, Lisa K ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Scaling; Social entrepreneurship; Social impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947437031     PISSN: 14657503     EISSN: 20436882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/ijei.2015.0198     Document Type: Article

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