Corporate political strategy: A framework for understanding nonprofit strategy

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-43

  Bigelow, Barbara ^a   Stone, Melissa Middleton ^b   Arndt, Margarete ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015072912     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.4130070105     Document Type: Article

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