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Agents Without Principals: The Economic Convergence Of The Nonprofit And For-Profit Organizational Forms, Evelyn Brody Mar 1996

Agents Without Principals: The Economic Convergence Of The Nonprofit And For-Profit Organizational Forms, Evelyn Brody

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Are nonprofit organizations 'different' from firms with owners? The accepted economic account holds that nonprofits are more trustworthy than business firms because nonprofits cannot distribute profits to owners. However, all firms, nonprofit or proprietary, have converged into similar patterns of behavior. Firms, whether nonprofit or proprietary (or even public), are subject to many of the same economic forces, such as resource dependency, institutional isomorphism, and organizational slack. Even in the absence of shareholders somebody still has to run the enterprise: to decide what objectives to pursue, and how; to manage its financial and human resources; and to span the boundaries …


Institutional Dissonance In The Nonprofit Sector, Evelyn Brody Mar 1996

Institutional Dissonance In The Nonprofit Sector, Evelyn Brody

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Our political and economic system contains three seemingly distinct sectors: public, proprietary, and nonprofit. This division masks serious issues of who should provide welfare services, schooling and health care; who should build infrastructure; who should control private wealth. The nonprofit law takes a laissez faire approach to permissible nonprofit activities, leading many to lament the increasing 'commercialization' of the nonprofit sector. However, an examination of historical as well as current activities engaged in by firms in all three sectors reveals that the basis terms of the social debate are eternal, while institutions dominant at different times and in different places …


Keeping The Government Out Of The Way: Project Labor Agreements Under The Supreme Court's Boston Harbor Decision, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1996

Keeping The Government Out Of The Way: Project Labor Agreements Under The Supreme Court's Boston Harbor Decision, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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Mapping The Information Superhighway, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1996

Mapping The Information Superhighway, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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Legal And Technological Infrastructures For Electronic Payment Systems, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1996

Legal And Technological Infrastructures For Electronic Payment Systems, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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Jurisdiction In Cyberspace, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1996

Jurisdiction In Cyberspace, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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Property And Innovation In The Global Information Infrastructure, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1996

Property And Innovation In The Global Information Infrastructure, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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Reassessing Professor Hibbitt's Requiem For Law Reviews, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Mar 1996

Reassessing Professor Hibbitt's Requiem For Law Reviews, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

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Hairsplitting Under I.R.C. Section 2035(D): The Cause And The Cure, Jeffrey G. Sherman Mar 1996

Hairsplitting Under I.R.C. Section 2035(D): The Cause And The Cure, Jeffrey G. Sherman

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Environmental Law: Ethics Or Science, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 1996

Environmental Law: Ethics Or Science, A. Dan Tarlock

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Federalism Without Preemption: A Case Study In Bioregionalism, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 1996

Federalism Without Preemption: A Case Study In Bioregionalism, A. Dan Tarlock

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International Water Law And The Protection Of River Ecosystem Integrity, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 1996

International Water Law And The Protection Of River Ecosystem Integrity, A. Dan Tarlock

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The Puzzling Boundary Between Criminal And Civil Retroactive Lawmaking, Harold J. Krent Feb 1996

The Puzzling Boundary Between Criminal And Civil Retroactive Lawmaking, Harold J. Krent

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Turning Congress Into An Agency: The Propriety Of Requiring Legislative Findings, Harold J. Krent Feb 1996

Turning Congress Into An Agency: The Propriety Of Requiring Legislative Findings, Harold J. Krent

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Arbitrating Statutory Employment Claims In The Aftermath Of Gilmer, Martin H. Malin Feb 1996

Arbitrating Statutory Employment Claims In The Aftermath Of Gilmer, Martin H. Malin

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Unemployment Compensation In A Time Of Increasing Work-Family Conflicts, Martin H. Malin Feb 1996

Unemployment Compensation In A Time Of Increasing Work-Family Conflicts, Martin H. Malin

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Prenatal Screening And The Culture Of Motherhood, Lori B. Andrews Jan 1996

Prenatal Screening And The Culture Of Motherhood, Lori B. Andrews

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The Shadow Health Care System: Regulation Of Alternative Health Care Providers, Lori B. Andrews Jan 1996

The Shadow Health Care System: Regulation Of Alternative Health Care Providers, Lori B. Andrews

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Limitations Inherent In The Title To Wetlands At Common Law, Fred P. Bosselman Jan 1996

Limitations Inherent In The Title To Wetlands At Common Law, Fred P. Bosselman

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Global Technological Integration, Intellectual Property Rights, And Competition Law: Some Introductory Comments, David J. Gerber Jan 1996

Global Technological Integration, Intellectual Property Rights, And Competition Law: Some Introductory Comments, David J. Gerber

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International Trade And Competition Law In Japan, David J. Gerber Jan 1996

International Trade And Competition Law In Japan, David J. Gerber

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The Implications Of The New Regime For Global Competition Policy: Intellectual Property Rights, Economic Power, And Global Technological Integration, David J. Gerber Jan 1996

The Implications Of The New Regime For Global Competition Policy: Intellectual Property Rights, Economic Power, And Global Technological Integration, David J. Gerber

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Federalized Functionalism: The Future Of Design Protection In The European Union, Graeme Dinwoodie Jan 1996

Federalized Functionalism: The Future Of Design Protection In The European Union, Graeme Dinwoodie

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