Nonprofits provide services for the common good and are having an increasing influence on the economy over time. There is consensus among prior studies in for-profit settings that social capital positively influences corporate financial performance. In contrast, this study analyzes the...

The aim of the study is to analyse the association between occupational stress and interpersonal relationships on the job for non-profit workers in Europe. The main assumption of the paper is that social support coming from interpersonal relationships on the job may counteract stress caused by...

Many nonprofit organizations are governed by boards of directors comprised of individuals who often have been invited to join the board based on their contributions of time and money. For many, this is either their first board membership or yet another conducted within an environment lacking the...

Nonprofit banks in the U.S. are primarily organized as credit unions (CUs) and have grown steadily over the last two decades, increasing their share of total lending to U.S. households. This paper studies the economic effects of banking with CUs using consumer credit report data merged to...

Nonprofit organizations provide an array of important social goods and services including arts, education and health care. Consequently, the nonprofit sector is a growing area of interest for management and strategy scholars. Existing theories of nonprofit organizations posit a menu of...

Donors and other stakeholders in nonprofit organizations often judge them by two measures. One is the percent of their spending that goes to programs, rather than towards the “overhead” fundraising or management and general functions. The second is their fundraising efficiency, defined as...

We examine whether the patterns of entry and exit established in prior work continue to persist, despite recessions in 2001 and 2008, the introduction of the new Form 990 in 2008, and claims of increased IRS enforcement. We find that charity net entry rates remain positive and consistent over...

Content on non-profit user-generated content (UGC) platforms, such as Wikipedia, is generally created and maintained as open-collaboration projects by UGC communities who are also users of these platforms. Furthermore, the financial sustainability of these platforms depends on funding from...

This paper provides a comparative assessment of the legal frameworks for non-profit organisations (NPOs) in England and Japan, offering fresh insights into the differences in legislative support for NPO development in both countries. Following a review of NPO legal developments in England and...