The innovative capacity of voluntary and community organizations: Exploring the organizational and environmental contingencies

The Third Sector in Europe: Prospects and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 134-155

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a   McLaughlin, Kate ^b   Chew, Celine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911025656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932827     Document Type: Chapter

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