Strategic management and change in high dependency environments: The case of a philanthropic organization

Voluntas

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-351

  Hafsi, Taïeb ^a   Thomas, Howard ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Centraide; Environment organization relations; High dependency; Institutional theory of organizations; Nonprofit organizations; Strategic change; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 30444449000     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-005-9146-y     Document Type: Article

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