Measuring the impact of the nonprofit sector /

One of the major tasks facing researchers, practitioners, and funders is the development of empirical tools to measure the inherent worth of nonprofit organizations as well as the sector as a whole. Renowned scholars present chapters on the state of the art of performance measurement in the nonprofi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Flynn, Patrice, Hodgkinson, Virginia Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2001]
Series:Nonprofit and civil society studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:One of the major tasks facing researchers, practitioners, and funders is the development of empirical tools to measure the inherent worth of nonprofit organizations as well as the sector as a whole. Renowned scholars present chapters on the state of the art of performance measurement in the nonprofit sector and seek to establish a framework for a long-term research agenda to identify, quantify, and self-assess those qualities that make the nonprofit sector unique.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461505334 (electronic bk.)
146150533X (electronic bk.)