Financing social ventures by crowdfunding: The influence of entrepreneurs’ personality traits

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 173-183

  Bernardino, Susana ^a   Santos, J Freitas ^a,b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Portuguese social stock exchange; Social crowdfunding; Social entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneur s personality traits; Social ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992147596     PISSN: 14657503     EISSN: 20436882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465750316655903     Document Type: Article

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