Social Entrepreneurship in South Africa: Exploring the Influence of Environment

Business and Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 525-561

  Littlewood, David ^a   Holt, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

broad based Black economic empowerment; environment; new institutional theory; social entrepreneurship; South Africa; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041744130     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650315613293     Document Type: Article

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