Measuring performance in social enterprises

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-165

  Bagnoli, Luca ^a   Megali, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

management control; performance measurement; social enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650970390     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009351111     Document Type: Article

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