Building ventures through civic capitalism
By: BRUSH, Candida.
Contributor(s): MONTI, Daniel | RYAN, Andrea | GANNON, Amy M.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, September 2007The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 613, p. 155-177Abstract: An exploratory study of urban entrepreneurs participating in a technical assistance program finds that they focus on the bottom line and often have an explicit wish to improve their community. This integrated combination of economic and social values, a kind of civic-minded capitalism, guides their positioning for growth and yields a business that can best be called a "civic enterprise." A descriptive analysis of qualitative and quantitative research yields propositions for future research on these hybrid business ventures.An exploratory study of urban entrepreneurs participating in a technical assistance program finds that they focus on the bottom line and often have an explicit wish to improve their community. This integrated combination of economic and social values, a kind of civic-minded capitalism, guides their positioning for growth and yields a business that can best be called a "civic enterprise." A descriptive analysis of qualitative and quantitative research yields propositions for future research on these hybrid business ventures.
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