Community carrying capacity: A network perspective

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-613

  Paarlberg, Laurie E ^a   Varda, Danielle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Networks; Nonprofit organizations; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949159631     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009333829     Document Type: Article

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