Flexible response in changing environments: The German third sector model in transition

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-210

  Bode, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Nonprofit sector; Organizational change; Third sector theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038519167     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764003032002002     Document Type: Review

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