Publications
Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management: 2nd ed
Nonprofit organizations are arguably the fastest growing and most dynamic part of modern market economies in democratic countries. This Handbook explores the frontiers of knowledge at the intersection of economics and the management of nonprofit entities.
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Financing Nonprofits and Other Social Enterprises: A Benefits Approach
This book guides managers and leaders toward finding the best mix of income sources for their nonprofits, to help educate future managers about resource development, and to stimulate additional research on the financing of social purpose organizations.
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Financing Nonprofits: Putting Theory into Practice
Editor and NCNE founder explains when a nonprofit organization should pursue particular sources of income and how it should manage its portfolio of income from different sources.
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The Social Enterprise Zoo
Authored by Dennis R. Young, NCNE's President and Founder, Elizabeth Searing, and Cassady Brewer, The Social Enterprise Zoo employs the metaphor of the zoo to gain a more comprehensive understanding of social enterprise and what lessons can be drawn for the future development and study of organizations that seek to balance social or environmental impact with economic success.
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Wise Decision-Making in Uncertain Times: Using Nonprofit Resources Effectively
A follow-up to our best-selling Effective Economic Decision-Making by Nonprofit Organizations, this volume focuses on the challenges faced by nonprofits in the post-9/11 world. Chapters examine managing fiscal stress, understanding and managing risk, collaboration and transformation, engaging business with nonprofits, and other critical aspects of sustainability.
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Effective Economic Decision Making by Nonprofit Organizations
NCNE's first book, with chapters involving: how to set prices as a nonprofit; outsourcing; issues in compensating employees, and "The Seven Insights of Effective Nonprofit Economic Decision-Making."
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Partnerships the Nonprofit Way: What Matters, What Doesn’t.
Co-authored by NCNE’s Executive Director, this book examines the successes and failures of 52 nonprofit leaders by depicting and contextualizing nonprofit organization characteristics and practices that make collaboration successful.
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