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Issues in Non-Profit Governance

By: F. Warren McFarlan
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:9
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Abstract

Non-profit governance at its core is very different from for-profit governance. Certain aspects of non-profit governance are widely pervasive across all non-profits, while all others are idiosyncratic to specific sub-groups of non-profits. After identifying these commonalities, this paper focuses on specific factors which make non-profit governance particularly nuanced and complicated in specific situations.

Keywords

Governance; Nonprofit Organizations

Citation

McFarlan, F. Warren. "Issues in Non-Profit Governance." Harvard Business School Technical Note 917-413, June 2017.
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