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Non-profit and for profit convergence: are non-profits increasingly adopting private sector practices?

International Journal of Society Systems Science, 2009
The role of the non-profit has traditionally been thought to create social value, while for-profit organisations have been held responsible for economic value creation. However, we now see this dichotomy blurring and organisations marrying social interest and market mechanisms to create both social and economic value (Alter, 2006).
Andres Ramirez, Kelly Janiga
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EU SUPPORT FOR NON-PROFIT SECTOR - CASE STUDY

2022
This paper examines the impact of funding from the EU budget to non-governmental or nonprofit organizations on their successful establishment in the market. Specifically, this paper focuses on two EU programmes, Erasmus+ and ESC, which are significantly used by nonprofit entities.
Daniela Hadačová, Lenka Maličká
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Introduction to the Non-Profit Sector

2017
Before the issue of IC in NPOs and IC reporting in NPOs are addressed, basic characteristics and distinctions are presented. First, the distinction of the third sector from the other sectors provides an understanding for its characteristics in general. The German third sector and its peculiarities are introduced next, followed by a segmentation of the ...
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The Non-Profit Sector in the Metropolitan Economy

Economic Geography, 1981
Annual philanthropic giving totals about $40 billion, or approximately two percent of GNP. Philanthropic flows have not been examined at a regional level.
Thomas A. Reiner, Julian Wolpert
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Communication using celebrities in the non-profit sector

International Journal of Advertising, 2013
Nowadays celebrity endorsement has become a popular marketing technique in the non-profit sector. However, there is still a degree of light and shade as regards the determinants of the effectiveness of this communication strategy. Taking into account the significant lack of studies in this particular field, the current research presents a causal model ...
Maria del Mar Garcia de los Salmones, Rafael Dominguez, Angel Herrero   +2 more
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Knowledge Management and the Non-Profit Sector

2011
We begin our discussion with the predictable qualification about definition and scope. The non-profit sector (also called, variously, the citizen sector, social sector, et al) is an exploding phenomenon in its own right, with 1.5 million now accounting for more than $1 trillion in revenues in the U.S.; during the past 15 years nonprofits grew faster ...
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Service innovation in the non-profit sector

2020
Non-profit organisations are valued because they provide services that address unmet needs. Nonprofits who engage in social entrepreneurship augment their contributions through new services, programmes, enterprises and revenue generated. It is not surprising, therefore, for policy makers to encourage social entrepreneurship, service innovations and ...
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Conceptualizing Burnout in the Non-Profit Sector

NEYA Global Journal of Non-Profit Studies
Burnout in the non-profit sector represents a complex, systemic challenge that extends beyond individual psychology into the structures of mission-driven organisations. This article offers an interdisciplinary conceptualisation of burnout, drawing on the Maslach Burnout Framework, Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) theory, and the Conservation of Resources ...
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Employment trends in the US non-profit sector

Voluntas, 1993
Until pioneering research on non-profit employment was performed under the auspices of the Filer Commission in the mid-1970s and shortly thereafter at Yale, there had been little public recognition of the non-profit sector's use of human resources. Victor Fuchs and others had earlier brought to public attention the rapid growth of the service economy ...
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Benchmarking in the non‐profit sector in Australia

Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2005
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the use of benchmarking as a management technique in the Australian non‐profit sector. Benchmarking has great potential benefit for the non‐profit sector, particularly given the reliance of non‐profit enterprises on effectively utilizing human capital; thus it might be expected that they would be enthusiastic about ...
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