Maier, Florentine, Meyer, Michael, Steinbereithner, Martin. 2016. Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like: A Systematic Review. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 45 (1), 64-86.

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@ARTICLE{Maier2016,
title = {Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like: A Systematic Review},
author = {Florentine Maier and Michael Meyer and Martin Steinbereithner},
year = {2016},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764014561796},
url = {http://nvs.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/12/11/0899764014561796.full.pdf+html},
volume = {45},
number = {1},
language = {EN},
pages = {64-86},
journal = {Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly},
abstract = {By now, the becoming business-like of nonprofit NPOs is a well-established global phenomenon which has received ever-growing attention from management and organization studies over the past three decades or so. However, the field remains hard to grasp in its entirety, as researchers use a multitude of similar, yet distinct, key concepts. The considerable range and complexity of these overlapping notions create three major challenges: Scholars struggle to position their work in a larger context; it is not easy to build on previous findings and methodological developments; and research gaps are difficult to identify. The present paper presents the first systematic literature review to confront those challenges, by reviewing 442 relevant sources. In a first step, the different key concepts are clarified. Secondly, the field is mapped according to three research foci: causes of NPOs becoming business-like; organizational structures and processes of becoming business-like; and effects of becoming business-like. From this we draw conclusions and make suggestions for further research.},
}