Implications of internal organization on efficiency. The use of agency theory and DEA methodology to Spanish NGDOs;Implicaciones de la organización interna sobre la eficiencia. La aplicación de la teoría de la agencia y la metodología DEA a las ONGD españolas

Cuadernos de Economia y Direccion de la Empresa

Volumn , Issue 40, 2009, Pages 17-46

  Barahona, Juan Hernangómez ^a   Pérez, Víctor Martín ^a   Cruz, Natalia Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; NGDO; Nonprofit organizations; Organizational architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951963767     PISSN: 11385758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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