Structural embeddedness and the liability of newness among nonprofit organizations

Public Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-188

  Hager, Mark A ^a   Galaskiewicz, Joseph ^b   Larson, Jeff A ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Nonprofit organizations; Organizational ecology; Structural embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844258505     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1471903042000189083     Document Type: Article

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