Misreporting fundraising: How do nonprofit organizations account for telemarketing campaigns?

Accounting Review

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-446

  Keating, Elizabeth K ^a   Parsons, Linda M ^b   Roberts, Andrea Alston ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Fundraising; Nonprofit; Telemarketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949138146     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2008.83.2.417     Document Type: Article

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