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Applied Empirical Research On Nonprofit Organization Management: Survey And Recommendations, Kathleen M. Brown

Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This paper reports the results of a telephone survey and a literature search undertaken to determine the nature and scope of recent applied empirical research studies related to nonprofit organization management and to suggest what the priority areas for such research should be In the Immediate future. The paper provided background material for the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management at the University of San Francisco to use In setting Its research priorities.

Applied research was contrasted with basic or pure research and was operationally defined as research "the findings of which could be of Immediate use to managers …

Intra-Industry Joint Liability: Implications For Marketing, Karl Boedecker, Fred W. Morgan

Economics, Law, and International Business

Market share liability is the most recent product liability development in the area of intra-industry joint liability, in which all members of an industry are sued. The various intra-industry approaches by which a consumer can recover for injuries are reviewed in this article, and their implications for marketing are examined.