This paper discusses the role of self-efficacy to computer novices through a longitudinal study. The researchers conducted this study by collaborating with three non-government organizations (NGOs) for which funding was received from one government unit and a large local charitable organization. A new model was developed to examine the influence of Internet self-efficacy and outcome expectation...

Strong patterns of concentration characterize the location decisions of development NGOs. Since current theories on non-profit location choice tend to neglect such tendencies, this article develops an evolutionary economic geography approach to non-profit organizations. It focuses on increasing returns to scale, labor mobility and path dependence and contextualizes those factors. A survey invol...

s and Reporfs 193 paid or contract staff to assist member organizations in such areas as project proposal development, and that a documentation center be established as an information clearinghouse for and about NGOs. In addition, the conference urged governments to recognize NGOs as partners in development, encouraged NGOs to involve their target groups in decision making, and supported leader...

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are being integrated into U.S. strategies to expand the services that are available during health security threats like disasters. Identifying better ways to classify NGOs and their services could optimize disaster planning. We surveyed NGOs about the types of services they provided during different disaster phases. Survey responses were used to categorize N...

With institutional pressures from various stakeholders concerned with climate change and efficient energy use in firms' operations, it has formed the belief that efficiency is crucial part for sustainable operations firm competitiveness. While an increasing number of firms have adopted energy-efficient systems (EES), a limited understanding actual impact EES adoption on financial performance ho...

Why many large non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming multinational entities? What are the welfare implications of this integration of markets for development donations? To answer these questions, we build a simple two-country model with horizontally di¤erentiated NGOs competing through fundraising e¤ort. We …nd that NGOs become multinational if the economies of scale in fundraising...

background a number of developing countries have contracted out public health facilities to the non-government organizations (ngos) in order to improve service utilization. however, there is a paucity of in-depth qualitative information on barriers to access services as a result of contracting from service users’ perspective. the objective of this study was to explore perceived barriers to util...

China has not been left behind in terms of cooperation among non-governmental organizations within its national borders. NGOs have defending the citizens' shared interests for quite a while now. Environment, gender equality, poverty, public health, and education, others, are just but few aspects that Chinese Non-Governmental Organizations focus on. The assist government coming up with policies ...