Government Contracts With Private Organizations: Are There Differences Between Nonprofits and For-profits?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 689-715

  Witesman, Eva M ^a   Fernandez, Sergio ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparison of nonprofit and for profit organizations; contract performance; government contracting; performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880770902     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764012442592     Document Type: Article

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