Street lamps, alleys, ratio analysis, and nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-18

  Tinkelman, Daniel ^a   Donabedian, Bairj ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65149103527     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.168     Document Type: Article

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