Balancing margin and mission: Nonprofit competition in charitable versus fee-based programs

Administration and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 564-596

  Chetkovich, Carol ^a   Frumkin, Peter ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Management; Nonprofit; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142153203     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703256162     Document Type: Article

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