Geographic and Product Diversification in Charitable Organizations

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 496-530

  Kistruck, Geoffrey M ^a   Qureshi, Israr ^b   Beamish, Paul W ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

charities; diversification; internationalization; nonprofit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872789904     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311398135     Document Type: Article

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