Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2010 May 24

Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Hochschule, Aachen, 2005.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / On title page: Master of Philosophy (Information and Knowledge Management). Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Assignment (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-83). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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This thesis engages in and contributes to the current debate of marketization on the potential consequences of the seemingly increasing marketization of non-governmental organizations and the emerge of for-profit actors in humanitarian work, focusing on one of the biggest actors in humanitarian aid; Médecines Sans Frontières (MSF). By interviewing three highly positioned representatives from the organization, examining a report on the matter as well as MSF website several aspects of marketization identified in the literature were searched for, such as: market language/concepts, commercialization, private sector funding and professionalization. The study shows that all these aspects of marketization can be traced in the work of MSF. Moreover, the study reveals that marketization appears to shape how MSF view and relate to other actors working with humanitarian aid, non-profit as well as for-profit actors. A fundamental difference that can be seen is that while MSF view for-profit actors in a very positive way and as partners of collaboration, non-profit actors (similar to themselves) are portrayed and seen as competition. Hence, the study suggest that the increasing marketization appears to foster increased competition between non-profit actors – potentially undermining coordination – while at the same time potentially increasing the potential for coordination between for-profit and non-profit actors. This study also suggests that more research should be conducted, analyzing other NGOs in a similar way as well as analyzing to what extent this competitive view affects a well functioning coordination in humanitarian actions on the ground.

This diploma thesis deals with characteristics of non-governmental organizations and their respective legal forms as they are defined in the new Civil Code and Business Corporations Act. The aim of this thesis is evaluation of development and present-day situation of legal forms of non-governmental organizations in the Czech Republic with focus on the institute legal form and possibilities of transformation of an institute to an association. Forming the outcome of this thesis the determined effects of transformation are used to make recommendations for associations considering possible transformation to the legal form of institute.

p. 1 - 224 / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2013-01-28T18:53:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 22.pdf: 1308022 bytes, checksum: 823071f671b8f1df7ce4a171f772d07b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Fatima Cleômenis Botelho Maria (botelho@ufba.br) on 2013-01-30T12:57:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 22.pdf: 1308022 bytes, checksum: 823071f671b8f1df7ce4a171f772d07b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-01-30T12:57:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 22.pdf: 1308022 bytes, checksum: 823071f671b8f1df7ce4a171f772d07b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Inserida na área temática “Sustentabilidade de ONGs”, esta dissertação buscou compreender quais os efeitos que empreendimentos de geração de recursos próprios desenvolvidos por ONGs, no Brasil, causam na sustentabilidade dessas organizações. Inicialmente, esse trabalho reflete sobre as peculiaridades de um tipo organizacional encontrado no vasto universo das OSCs comumente chamado, no Brasil, de “ONG”. Em seguida, a partir da revisão literária sobre sustentabilidade e sustentabilidade de ONGs, foi construído o quadro de análise utilizado para subsidiar as investigações. Para proceder a verificação, foi utilizado o método do estudo de caso múltiplo em quatro ONGs baianas: o Grupo de Apoio à Prevenção à AIDS da Bahia (GAPA-BA), o Projeto Axé, o Liceu de Artes e Ofícios da Bahia (Liceu) e a CIPÓ Comunicação Interativa (CIPÓ). Em síntese, esse estudo concluiu que não se pode afirmar que empreendimentos de geração de recursos são responsáveis pela sustentabilidade ou “autosustentabilidade” de uma ONG, sendo os seus efeitos na sustentabilidade dessas organizações muito variados. Verificou-se também que as ONGs que desenvolvem atividades de geração de recursos: com esforços em demasia; seguindo fundamentos da gestão empresarial; desvinculando-se de sua missão e valores, e; dependendo intensivamente dessa fonte; tendem a não causar efeitos positivos na sustentabilidade dessas organizações. / Salvador