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ISBN-13
9780521785068
Book Title
To Profit or Not to Profit
ISBN
9780521785068
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
To Profit or Not to Profit : the Commercial Transformation of the Nonprofit Sector
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Burton Allen Weisbrod
Item Length
9.3in
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Number of Pages
356 Pages

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Nonprofit organizations are increasingly resembling private firms in a transformation bringing with it a shift in financial dependence from charitable donation to commercial sales activity. This book, first published in 1998, examines the reasons and consequences of the mimicry of private firms by fundraising nonprofits. User fees and revenue from 'ancillary' activities are mushrooming, with each having important side effects: pricing out of the market certain target groups; or distracting the nonprofit from its central mission. The authors focus first on issues that apply to nonprofits generally: the role of competition, analysis of nonprofit organization behavior, the effects of distribution goals and differential taxation of nonprofit and for-profit activity revenue, the effects of changes in donations on commercial activity, and conversions of nonprofits to for-profits. They then turn to specific industries: hospitals, universities, social service providers, zoos, museums, and public broadcasting. The book concludes with recommendations for research and for public policy toward nonprofits.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521785065
ISBN-13
9780521785068
eBay Product ID (ePID)
467023

Product Key Features

Author
Burton Allen Weisbrod
Publication Name
To Profit or Not to Profit : the Commercial Transformation of the Nonprofit Sector
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
356 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hd2769.2.U6 T6 1998
Reviews
"Nonprofits are increasingly becoming competitors and collaborators with private firms and government agencies. In this useful book Burton Weisbrod has brought together important original research that helps us define and understand these important new relationships." Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale Law School, "...a book with a coherence and consistency of approach rare in edited collections." Margaret Harris, The Times Higher, 'How can we explain the existence of organisations such as charities and voluntary agencies, which deliberately eschew profit-making? Burton Weisbrod has been in the forefront of the debate on this question, arguing that a combination of market failure and government failure in the provision of jointly consumed goods gives rise to a residual demand that can be met efficiently by the 'third sector'… the puzzles about non-profit behaviour are not just matters for economists. The role of the third sector is very much a matter for public-policy debate and political decision-making … This book reminds us that pressures on the sector to expand its role can ultimately damage the very features that have made it so attractive to politicians in the first place - its ability to respond efficiently to the needs of society's most vulnerable and excluded members.' The Times Higher Education Supplement, "...a timely and rich asset. Weisbrod has done a great service to the nonprofit sector through this work." Russell A. Cargo, George Mason University, 'How can we explain the existence of organisations such as charities and voluntary agencies, which deliberately eschew profit-making? Burton Weisbrod has been in the forefront of the debate on this question, arguing that a combination of market failure and government failure in the provision of jointly consumed goods gives rise to a residual demand that can be met efficiently by the 'third sector'... the puzzles about non-profit behaviour are not just matters for economists. The role of the third sector is very much a matter for public-policy debate and political decision-making ... This book reminds us that pressures on the sector to expand its role can ultimately damage the very features that have made it so attractive to politicians in the first place - its ability to respond efficiently to the needs of society's most vulnerable and excluded members.'The Times Higher Education Supplement, 'How can we explain the existence of organisations such as charities and voluntary agencies, which deliberately eschew profit-making? Burton Weisbrod has been in the forefront of the debate on this question, arguing that a combination of market failure and government failure in the provision of jointly consumed goods gives rise to a residual demand that can be met efficiently by the 'third sector'... the puzzles about non-profit behaviour are not just matters for economists. The role of the third sector is very much a matter for public-policy debate and political decision-making ... This book reminds us that pressures on the sector to expand its role can ultimately damage the very features that have made it so attractive to politicians in the first place - its ability to respond efficiently to the needs of society's most vulnerable and excluded members.' The Times Higher Education Supplement, "Perhaps the most disturbing current policy issue posed by the substantial nonprofit sector of the economy is the growing tendency of such enterprises to rely on self-financing through sale of their services more than on philanthropic support. Such commercialization, it is suspected, can distort their mission and undermine the arguments for tax exemption and other privileges. This very valuable book provides the data that both laymen and specialists need to evaluate the issues effectively." William J. Baumol, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, NYU, "Few scholars have contributed more to our understanding of nonprofits over a longer period of time than Burt Weisbrod." Philanthropy Monthly
Table of Content
Preface; Introduction; 1. The nonprofit mission and its financing: growing links between nonprofits and the rest of the economy Burton A. Weisbrod; Part I. Basic Issues and Perspective: 2. Competition, commercialization, and the evolution of nonprofit organizational structures Howard P. Tuckman; 3. Modeling the nonprofit organization as a multi-product firm: a framework for choice Burton A. Weisbrod; 4. Pricing and rationing nonprofit organizations with distributional objectives Richard Steinberg and Burton A. Weisbrod; 5. Differential taxation of nonprofits and the commercialization of nonprofit revenues Joseph J. Cordes and Burton A. Weisbrod; 6. Interdependence of commercial and donative revenues Lewis M. Segal and Burton A. Weisbrod; 7. Conversion from nonprofit to for-profit legal status: why does it happen and should anyone care? John H. Goddeeris and Burton A. Weisbrod; Part II. Industry Studies: 8. Commercialism in nonprofit hospitals Frank A. Sloan; 9. Universities as creators and retailers of intellectual property: life sciences research and economic development Walter W. Powell and Jason Owen-Smith; 10. Commercialism in nonprofit social service associations: its character, significance, and rationale Dennis R. Young; 11. Zoos and aquariums Louis Cain and Dennis Meritt, Jr; 12. Commerce and the muse: are art museums becoming commercial? Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler; 13. The funding perils of the corporation for public broadcasting Craig L. LaMay and Burton A. Weisbrod; Part III. Concluding Remarks: 14. Commercialism among nonprofits: objectives, opportunities and constraints Estelle James; 15. Conclusions and public policy issues: commercialism and the road ahead Burton A. Weisbrod; References.
Copyright Date
2000
Topic
Industrial Management, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General
Dewey Decimal
338.7
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics

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