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The Relationship Between Public Administration and Third Sector Organizations: Voluntary Failure Theory and Beyond

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2023
Among Lester Salamon’s early theoretical contributions was the introduction of the “Voluntary Failure” concept. In a series of articles published in the second half of the 1980s (Salamon, L. M. 1987a.
Bassi Andrea
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Ethics in the Hollow State: Distinguishing between Nonprofit and For-Profit Agents of Prisoner Reentry

Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2021
New public management, a reform movement that shifted the provision of public goods and services towards private institutions, is firmly entrenched in the United States. The Hollow State, a metaphor often used synonymously with contracting out, reflects
LeAnn Beaty
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COVID-19 Impacts on Border Community Organizations

Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic massively affected the nonprofit sector. This article explores how the crisis has impacted nonprofit organizations at a U.S.–Mexico border community with a large population of minorities and migrants.
Wanzhu Shi
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Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2023
For decades, tax policy has shaped the outer boundaries of the policy agenda for the nonprofit sector. In this research note, we argue that the breadth and implications of the sector’s digital dependencies necessitate an expanded policy agenda that ...
Bernholz Lucy, Nothias Toussaint, Vavrovsky Amélie-Sophie   +2 more
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Nonprofit Organizations in the Health Sector [PDF]

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994
Government appears to both promote and mistrust nonprofit organizations in the health sector. Tax exemptions, subsidies, and preferential treatment in contracts support these organizations. Legislation that links the supply of charity care to tax exemptions demonstrates mistrust. In this paper, the authors argue that information asymmetries lie at the
Richard G. Frank, David S. Salkever
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The Limits of Nonprofit Sector Resilience: Evidence from Canadian Nonprofit Sector Surveys During the Pandemic

Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
The pandemic has illustrated the need to examine the vital role of the community nonprofit sector. While the nonprofit sector is known for innovatively responding to societal needs—to be resilient—it is also underresourced and precariously situated. The
John Shields, Meghan Joy , Siu Mee Cheng
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Nonprofit Organizations from the Perspective of Organizational Development and Their Influence on Professionalization

Naše Gospodarstvo, 2016
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the phenomenon of professionalization that is observable in organizations from the nonprofit sector. Empirical research was conducted among Hungarian nonprofit organizations, and the data were collected ...
Dobrai Katalin, Farkas Ferenc
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Relationship Between Economic Growth and Nonprofit Sector: An Analysis of Structural Breaks and Causality in Turkey

İstanbul İktisat Dergisi, 2020
The nonprofit sector, which is continually developing in terms of quality and quantity, is considered crucial in sustainable development and economic growth.
Halil Tunalı, Gülçin Kaya İnceiplik
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The value of technology affordances to improve the management of nonprofit organizations [PDF]

RAUSP Management Journal, 2019
Purpose - This paper aims to investigate the benefits generated by the use of new technologies by nonprofit organizations, with focus on how these artefacts can improve their ability to achieve their social mission.
Debora Bobsin, Maira Petrini, Marlei Pozzebon   +2 more
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A Path Forward for Advancing Nonprofit Ethics and Accountability: Voices from an Independent Sector Study

Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2020
The nonprofit sector continues to grow in size, assets, and influence. However, a critical eye in recent years has brought scrutiny from many stakeholders to the operations of nonprofit organizations (NPOs).
Karen Ito, Lise Anne Slatten
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