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Social Entrepreneurship: Policies and Practice in Malaysia

Yasmin Rasyid, Robert Bowen

Entrepreneurial Activity in Malaysia, Pages: 117 - 134

Swansea University Author: Robert Bowen

DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-030-77753-1_6

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This chapter documents the development of policies and practices within the Malaysian social entrepreneurship ecosystem, with the aim of understanding the role of social entrepreneurship in an emerging economy. While still a new concept in the country, government efforts are in place to accelerate t...

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Published in: Entrepreneurial Activity in Malaysia
ISBN: 978-3-030-77752-4 978-3-030-77753-1
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021
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