Toward a Critical Systems Perspective on the Nonprofit Sector

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-364

  Valentinov, Vladislav ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundaries; For profit sector; Marginalization; Nonprofit sector; Profit motive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864402731     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-011-9224-6     Document Type: Article

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