Non-Profit-Organisationen (NPOs) können ehrenamtliche Positionen zur Selektion ihrer hauptamtlich Beschäftigten einsetzen, da Höherproduktive auch im Ehrenamt weniger Arbeitsleid empfinden.

Freiwilliges Engagement findet in Deutschland in einem breiten Spektrum von Bereichen und Tätigkeitsfeldern statt. Gleichzeitig ist aber über die Tätigkeiten, die freiwillig Engagierte ausüben und deren quantitative Verteilung wenig bekannt. Dieser Beitrag verfolgt daher das Ziel, die...

Recent experimental evidence suggests that donors are averse to giving to charities with high overhead ratios. This paper asks whether donors are also averse to giving to charities spending a high share of the donations on unavoidable administrative expenses. The results of an experiment with a...

This paper estimates the factors affecting Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) listed on the Hanoi Stock Exchange and the Chi Minh City Stock Exchange between 2009 and 2019. The author adopts a quantitative method (the "Generalized Method of Moments"-GMM) to investigate six...

Ineffective fundraising lowers the resources charities can use for goods provision. We combine a field experiment and a causal machine-learning approach to increase a charity's fundraising effectiveness. The approach optimally targets fundraising to individuals whose expected donations exceed...

Why did the establishment of cooperative creameries in late nineteenth century Ireland fail to halt the relative decline of her dairy industry compared to other emerging producers? This paper compares the Irish experience with that of the market leader, Denmark, and shows how each adopted the...

The purpose of the article is to investigate whether female presence in microfinance institutions' management team, i.e. board members, managers and loan officers, will improve their financial performance. We combine financial data on MFIs that is available from the MIX Market database with...

International NGO campaigns criticizing firms for infringements along their internationalized value chains are a salient feature of economic globalization. We argue that understanding the international patterns of NGO campaigns requires accounting for the geography of their targets' economic...

In this article I analyze, from an anthropological perspective, the organizational strategies of female construction workers in the cities of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, collectivized through the Association of Women Builders (ASOMUC using its Spanish initials).After identifying some of the...

Start-ups are seen as the leading force in dynamically growing economies. Limited financing opportunities often prevent entrepreneurs from realizing their innovative business ideas or taking growth opportunities. However, in the context of the technological revolution, a fundamental change in...