The Role of Relationally Embedded Network Ties in Resource Acquisition of British Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1092-1115

  Eng, Teck Yong ^a   Liu, Chih Yao Gordon ^b   Sekhon, Yasmin Kaur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commercialization; network ties; nonprofit organization; resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869407478     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011427596     Document Type: Article

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