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Nonprofit organizations in between the nonprofit and market spheres : shifting goals, governance and management?

Ben Suykens (UGent) , Filip De Rynck (UGent) and Bram Verschuere (UGent)
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In spite of the belief instilled by the New Public Management reforms that nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can benefit from more management, more measurement and more market practices, systematic knowledge on the organizational effects of NPOs incorporating business practices in their day-to-day functioning remains absent to date. This research note addresses this limitation by reviewing 49 research articles. The focus lies on the redefinition of nonprofits' mission and income streams, changing governance arrangements and shifting management practices. We find that, despite numerous detrimental effects cited in the literature, (a) generating commercial income can contribute to the financial stability of NPOs, and (b) hybridization towards the market domain can strengthen the organizational legitimacy of NPOs, suggesting that imitating for-profit enterprises might contribute to nonprofit functioning in perception, rather than in practice.
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commercialization, hybrid, managerialization, marketization, nonprofit organization, CIVIL-SOCIETY, BUSINESS-LIKE, PROFIT, MANAGERIALISM, CARE, MARKETIZATION, PERFORMANCE, WELFARE, IMPACT, COMMERCIALIZATION

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MLA
Suykens, Ben, et al. “Nonprofit Organizations in between the Nonprofit and Market Spheres : Shifting Goals, Governance and Management?” NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP, vol. 29, no. 4, 2019, pp. 623–36, doi:10.1002/nml.21347.
APA
Suykens, B., De Rynck, F., & Verschuere, B. (2019). Nonprofit organizations in between the nonprofit and market spheres : shifting goals, governance and management? NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP, 29(4), 623–636. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21347
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Suykens, Ben, Filip De Rynck, and Bram Verschuere. 2019. “Nonprofit Organizations in between the Nonprofit and Market Spheres : Shifting Goals, Governance and Management?” NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP 29 (4): 623–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21347.
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Suykens, Ben, Filip De Rynck, and Bram Verschuere. 2019. “Nonprofit Organizations in between the Nonprofit and Market Spheres : Shifting Goals, Governance and Management?” NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP 29 (4): 623–636. doi:10.1002/nml.21347.
Vancouver
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Suykens B, De Rynck F, Verschuere B. Nonprofit organizations in between the nonprofit and market spheres : shifting goals, governance and management? NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP. 2019;29(4):623–36.
IEEE
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B. Suykens, F. De Rynck, and B. Verschuere, “Nonprofit organizations in between the nonprofit and market spheres : shifting goals, governance and management?,” NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 623–636, 2019.
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  abstract     = {{In spite of the belief instilled by the New Public Management reforms that nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can benefit from more management, more measurement and more market practices, systematic knowledge on the organizational effects of NPOs incorporating business practices in their day-to-day functioning remains absent to date. This research note addresses this limitation by reviewing 49 research articles. The focus lies on the redefinition of nonprofits' mission and income streams, changing governance arrangements and shifting management practices. We find that, despite numerous detrimental effects cited in the literature, (a) generating commercial income can contribute to the financial stability of NPOs, and (b) hybridization towards the market domain can strengthen the organizational legitimacy of NPOs, suggesting that imitating for-profit enterprises might contribute to nonprofit functioning in perception, rather than in practice.}},
  author       = {{Suykens, Ben and De Rynck, Filip and Verschuere, Bram}},
  issn         = {{1048-6682}},
  journal      = {{NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP}},
  keywords     = {{commercialization,hybrid,managerialization,marketization,nonprofit organization,CIVIL-SOCIETY,BUSINESS-LIKE,PROFIT,MANAGERIALISM,CARE,MARKETIZATION,PERFORMANCE,WELFARE,IMPACT,COMMERCIALIZATION}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{623--636}},
  title        = {{Nonprofit organizations in between the nonprofit and market spheres : shifting goals, governance and management?}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21347}},
  volume       = {{29}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}

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