Understanding collaboration among nonprofit organizations: Combining resource dependency, institutional, and network perspectives

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 340-361

  Guo, Chao ^a   Acar, Muhittin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forms of nonprofit collaboration; Institutional factors; Network effect; Resource sufficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944459913     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764005275411     Document Type: Review

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