Privatisation of Non-Profit Organisations

Determinants of Sustainability and Organisational Effectiveness in Non-Profit Organisations

This case study investigates the criteria for organizational effectiveness in non-profit organizations (NPOs) with the aim to determine how the elements of sustainability fit within the criteria. To achieve this, the study utilized the research questions: “what criteria do NPOs use to evaluate their effectiveness?” and “how is sustainability embedded in NPO effectiveness?” The research design w...

Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Leadership in Non-Profit Performing Arts Organisations

This paper argues that the entrepreneurial leader in non-profit Performing Arts Organisations (PAOs) has received too little attention in literature pertaining to these organisations. This criticism also applies to museums. The paper explores how leaders in non-profit performing arts organisations balance the interests of the various funding sources and market opportunities to service their rev...

Virtual Non-Profit Organisations: Literary Virtual Communities in Russia

This paper is a study of one of the “unknown” segments of the Internet non-profit ventures in the Russian language. Based on the understanding of the concept of virtual community we consider the family of free publishing literary websites. We discuss their experience to demonstrate their contribution not only to the national culture, but also to the creation of open and democratic society in th...

Facilitators of Internet Promotion (e-brochure) Adoption by Non-profit Organisations

Internet promotion, otherwise e-brochure (EB) or partial e-commerce adoption by nonprofit organisations denotes the use of the Internet to provide business and service related information by academic institutions (as in the present study), non-profit organisations, religious organisations, and government agencies to reduce their expenses or to improve their operations and customer service. A fi...

Non-profit Organisations in the Human Services Marketplace: the Impact of Quasi Voucher-licensing Systems