Solutions out of context: Examining the transfer of business concepts to nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-171

  Beck, Tammy E ^a   Lengnick Hall, Cynthia A ^b   Lengnick Hall, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 77950700324     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.213     Document Type: Article

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