Causes of dissolution among Spanish nonprofit associations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-137

  Fernandez, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Failure; Nonprofit organizations; Organizational theory; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849131425     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006298965     Document Type: Article

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