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European sport systems and the voluntary sector : Non-profit organisations’ race for sport development

2020
Sport is the largest social and voluntary activity in Europe. Sport and recreation volunteerism are among the largest simple categories of benevolent work: any other form of volunteerism involves fewer volunteers than sport and recreation. Sport plays an important role in bringing together people from different backgrounds, helping to develop a sense ...
Bortoletto, Nico, Porrovecchio, Alessandro   +1 more
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The Impact of “Encouragement” in the Development of Professionals for the Non-Profit Service Sector

Services Marketing Quarterly, 2004
ABSTRACT Critical to the success of the professional service sector is the ability to attract talent into the profession. In recent years there have been concerns about shortages of professionals in areas such as teaching, accounting, nursing, and even the ministry. Beyond the question of quantity, is a real concern that the professions attract persons'
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Between Control and Empowerment: Governmental Strategies towards the Development of the Non-profit Sector in China

Asian Studies Review, 2015
AbstractContinuous economic reform and social development have induced and forced the Chinese government to adjust its strategies towards non-profit development. Enhanced state capacities, emergent legitimacy of non-profit organisations, genuine demand for non-profit partners, public management modernisation and other factors have not only enriched the
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Digital transformation of the non-profit sector: Barriers and challenges to development

Management and Business Administration
В современных условиях цифровая трансформация становится главным драйвером развития некоммерческого сектора. Некоммерческие организации фокусируются на использовании цифровых систем для оптимизации операций и повышения эффективности деятельности за счет расширения интернет-коммуникаций через платформы социальных сетей и использования анализа данных для
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The intricate implementation of performance measurement systems: exploring developments in professional-service organizations in the Dutch non-profit sector

International Review of Administrative Sciences, 2008
Institutional and organizational theory supports the argument that current features of performance measurement systems (PMS) in public organizations are generally unsuitable for the actual nature of these professional organizations. Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies in the health care and higher education sectors in the Netherlands have shown ...
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FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR OF THE VLADIMIR REGION

Экономика и предпринимательство
В статье представлены результаты исследования особенностей развития некоммерческого сектора региона и готовности некоммерческих организаций принять участие в оказании социальных услуг и решении социальных задач. Проведен анализ актуальных проблем в деятельности некоммерческих организаций Владимирской области.
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Development of tourist offers through the European financing of the non-profit sector

2018
Tourism as one of the main bearers of economic prosperity in the Republic of Croatia faces many challenges. The development of new products and services is a necessity in the competitive circumstances of the functioning of Croatian tourism in European and global frameworks. Possibilities of funding certainly exist, but some of them are underused.
Matošević Radić, Mijana, Buljan Barbača, Domagoja   +1 more
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The Impact of the Voluntary Non-profit Sector on Development and Employment

1983
The Voluntary Non-profit Sector (VNPS) is frequently defined as a residual set of institutions which are neither included in the private (for profit) nor in the public sector of an economy.2 Other authors suggest a number of attributes which characterise ‘third-sector institutions’.
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Human development and well-being during the great recession. The non-profit sector as a capability enhancing workplace [PDF]

, 2015
The current financial crisis poses severe challenges to the economic system. Specifically, the increasing unemployment and the contraction of firms’ labor demand induce a higher social vulnerability, leading to capability deprivation of individuals (Sen 1999), new sources of poverty, and social exclusion. Consequently, labor productivity is reduced and,
Andrea Salustri, Federica Viganò
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Cross-sector Partnerships – Sustainability potential and development of non-profit and business cooperation

In an era of highly complex global problems, society faces so-called grand challenges like climate change, widening social inequalities, or major loss of biodiversity. Those challenges often impact numerous stakeholders with limited resources or no access to the root of the problem.
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