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The Theory of Nonprofit Organizations Revisited

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The Study of the Nonprofit Enterprise

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Abstract

Much has been written during the last two decades about the theory of nonprofit organizations (NPOs). Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in NPOs have repeatedly asked themselves variants of the following set of questions:

  • • What do NPOs do that for-profit firms (FPFs) and government agencies are not doing already?

  • • Do NPOs operate as efficiently as their for-profit counterparts?

  • • Do NPOs serve the same broad groups as government units do?

  • • Should NPOs receive special tax treatment?

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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA

    Avner Ben-Ner

  2. Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy, 35123

    Benedetto Gui

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    Avner Ben-Ner

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Ben-Ner, A., Gui, B. (2003). The Theory of Nonprofit Organizations Revisited. In: Anheier, H.K., Ben-Ner, A. (eds) The Study of the Nonprofit Enterprise. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0131-2_1

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