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At the start of the 21st century, the nonprofit organisation (NPO) persists, but in the face of significant challenges to its continued survival. This can be depicted on two levels: (1) the changing world in which NPOs operate, which can be seen as a hostile environment, and (2) the challenges to the nature of NPOs and their practices which may threaten their continued existence.
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Lapsley, I. (2004). Challenges to Nonprofit Organisations in a Changing World. In: Witt, D., Purtschert, R., Schauer, R. (eds) Funktionen und Leistungen von Nonprofit-Organisationen. NPO-Management. Deutscher Universitätsverlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-81900-0_4
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