Efficiency in fundraising and distributions to cause-related social profit enterprises

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Berber Philip, P ^a   Brockett, Patrick L ^b   Cooper, William W ^b   Golden, Linda L ^b   Parker, Barnett R ^c  

^a Co Chair of A Glimmer of Hope Foundation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Pfeiffer University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause related social profit organizations; Corporate social responsibility; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL AID; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 78649905980     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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