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Digital transformation is essential for nonprofits to modernize systems, engage stakeholders and measure impact effectively.

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Nonprofit boards that craft investment strategies to balance risk, return, and mission priorities drive higher sustainability and impact.

Nonprofit Directors Dialogue Digest

Discover the insights shaping the future of nonprofit governance in the Nonprofit Directors Dialogue Digest.

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Faculty from the School of Economics helped to organize the International Industrial Organization Conference and presented several academic papers.

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In the latest edition of Philly Nonprofits by the Numbers, we inspect the geographic distribution of financial resources across 12 Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Teresa Harrison, PhD, speaking at the Science of Philanthropy Initiative conference

Years of research on nonprofit organizations yielded a major platform for Professor of Economics Teresa Harrison, PhD, to help move the field forward.

Tanuja Dehne, CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, shares her thoughts on the contributions of boards and committees beyond fiduciary responsibilities.

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In the latest edition of Philly Nonprofits By the Numbers, GGI examines organizations’ geographic distribution across twelve Philadelphia neighborhoods.

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Katharina Lewellen, shows that nonprofit hospitals lack features that are traditionally associated with good governance, such as nimble boards and more.

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To what extent do fund managers possess the ability to generate excess returns from investing in firms before they become targets for a merger or acquisition?

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A study by Curtis Hall, associate professor at LeBow College of Business, finds smaller gender pay gaps among executives of nonprofit organizations.

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An study measures the level of competition in U.S. nonprofit sectors and shows that a small number of organizations can establish competition in donor markets.

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A researcher at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business finds a novel link between the organizational design of regulators and their enforcement actions.

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Research at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business dispels the view that executive pay rewards CEOs for good luck but does not penalize them for bad luck.

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Most nonprofit practitioners are acutely aware of the conventional financial management norms for their sector and recognize the impact that such norms may have on giving decisions by donors.