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Should not-for-profits go into business?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10260060     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To the manager of the not-for-profit organization, the idea of entering into a business venture might seem heretical. The precedent has been set, however, and numbers of not-for-profits are currently earning substantial amounts of income through long-term for profit enterprises that have continuity with the organization's prime mission. The author of this article cautions managers of not-for-profits that an earned-income venture can be a miserable failure unless the organization meets certain conditions: a product to sell, managerial talent, trustee support, an entrepreneurial spirit, and money or the ability to get it. He then describes nine issues managers should consider before undertaking earned-income projects.
Authors:
E Skloot
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Harvard business review     Volume:  61     ISSN:  0017-8012     ISO Abbreviation:  Harv Bus Rev     Publication Date:    1983 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1983-07-15     Completed Date:  1983-07-15     Revised Date:  2000-12-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9875796     Medline TA:  Harv Bus Rev     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  20-6     Citation Subset:  H    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Commerce
Financial Management / trends*
Organizations, Nonprofit / economics*
United States

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