Nonprofit Governance, Organizational Purposiveness and Design

Managerial Incentives, Financial Performance, and Governance Quality: Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations Ashley N. Newton Division of Finance

Systematic differences in the organizational forms of nonprofit and for-profit entities have elicited a variety of concerns that remain largely unaddressed. Specifically, the nonprofit sector is characterized by weaker monitoring mechanisms and potentially more severe agency problems relative to their for-profit counterparts, due in large part to an absence of shareholders in nonprofit organiza...

Capacity-Building Efforts for Nonprofit Organizations

3 3 AS S OCIE T Y REL IES more on nonprofit organizations to p r ovide critical services, advocate for public policy, and stimulate innovation, leaders in the nonprofit sector share common concerns: how to make better use of limited resources in the face of growing need; how to increase the accountability of nonprofits to donors and regulators; and how to stay the course and reach established g...

PROSPECTING FOR PRACTICAL METHODOLOGIES TO EXAMINE LINKS BETWEEN GOVERNING BOARDS’ PERFORMANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Boards and Beyond: Understanding the Changing Realities of Nonprofit Organizational Governance

Sustainability in Emergency Management Networks: A National Study

Naim Kapucu, Ph.D., is an associate professor and director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida. His main research interests are emergency and crisis management, decisionmaking in complex environment, collaborative governance, and organizational learning and design. His work has been published in...

A ! HEALTH LAW REPORTER BNA ’ s

BY MICHAEL W. PEREGRINE AND JAMES R. SCHWARTZ T he year 2009 witnessed an extraordinary series of developments in nonprofit corporate and charitable trust law as they affect the governance and operation of hospitals and health care systems. This is consistent with a decade-long trend that has made corporate law and governance key legal feasibility considerations for nonprofit organizations. The...