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This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach.

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Main Authors: Bryce, Herrington J
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Edition: 2nd New ed.
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137273925
Summary: This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach.
'Bryce offers a compelling ...framework for explaining the existence of a robust nonprofit sector.' - Voluntas, International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 'With this ambitious undertaking, Bryce (business administration, College of William and Mary) examines nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy. By placing nonprofits in a principal-agent framework, he offers a welcome updated analysis of an important public policy topic. The book is exhaustively researched as evidenced in the bibliographic endnotes, and Bryce is convincing as a lead
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230340282, 2005.
Carrier Form: 308 p. : 5 ill.
ISBN: 9780230340282
9781137273925 :
1137273925 :
CLC: D0
Contents: The Significance of the Principal-Agent Paradigm The Policy Significance of Nonprofit Organizations: Beyond the Limits of Failure The Nonprofit as Social Asset and Agent of Public Policy Nonprofits as Agents of Public Policy: a Paradigm of Principal and Agents The Choice of Nonprofits as Agents of Public Policy Housing and Community Development: A Case Study of an Agency Function The Performance of Agents: Acute Care Hospitals and Community Benefits Policy Formation, Nonprofit Advocacy, and the Principal-Agent Framework Regulating the Finances of the Agent The Nonprofit as a Self-Regulator T