Download or read book Managerial Economics of Non-profit Organizations written by Marc Jegers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind to bring together the microeconomic insights on the functioning of non-profit organizations, complementing the wide range of books on the management of non-profit organizations by instead focusing on both theoretical and empirical work. Jegers begins by considering definitions of non-profit organizations before examining the economic rationale behind their existence, the demand for them and its implications on their functioning. The final chapters look at the economic idiosyncrasies of the non-profit organizations, focusing on the fields of strategic management, marketing, accounting and finance.