Strategic Restructuring:
Partnership Options for Nonprofits

Publications
Journal Articles

Banerji, Rukmini; Chavan, Madhav; Vaish, Paresh; Varadhachary, Atul. "A point of light in Mumbai." The McKinsey Quarterly, January 1, 2001, Pg. 156.

Beal, Daphne. "The Chinati Foundation: A Museum in Process." Art in America, October 1, 2000, No. 10, Vol. 88; Pg. 116.

Bolman, Leo. G., and Deal, Terrence. E. "Merger Meltdown."  Healthcare Forum Journal, November/December 1994, 37(6): 30-36.

Cash, Stephanie. “Surviving and thriving: having weathered the dot-com boom and bust of the late 1990s, the Bay Area's art community is going strong, its museums and galleries keeping pace with a wealth of innovative emerging artists.” Art in America, 11/01/02, No. 11, Vol. 90, Pg. 58.

CMA Management Magazine. “Toward Global Strength.” June 1, 2004, Vol. 78, No. 4; Pg. 18

Collet, Bill. “That boom you hear is co-ops combining.” Platts Energy Business & Technology , December, 2003, Vol. 5, No. 9; Pg. 61.

Connor, Joseph A; Kadel-Taras, Stephanie; Vinokur-Kaplan, Diane. "The role of nonprofit management support organizations in sustaining community collaborations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Winter 1999, Vol. 10, No. 2; Pg. 127-136.

Connor, Megan E. “PROFILE: Michael Finney, Development leader sees blue skies ahead.” Rochester Business Journal, 11/08/02, Vol. 18, No. 31, Pg. 10.

Dixon, Diane L. and Marks, Mitchell Lee.  "Making Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances Work."  Health Forum Journal. November/December 1999, 42 (6): 30-33.

Dolan, Thomas C. “Back to the future: the ASAE Foundation celebrates 40 years of putting the future first.” Association Management, July 2003.

Golensky, Martha and Deruitter, Gerald L. "Merger as a strategic response to government contracting pressures: A case study." Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Winter, 1999: 10 (2): 137-152.

Grubbs, Joseph W. "Can agencies work together? Collaboration in public and nonprofit organizations." Public Administration Review, May, 2000 / June, 2000, Vol. 60, No. 3; Pg. 275-280.

Haider, Donald.  "Common Bonds: Two Chicago nonprofit job training programs find strength and stability in a merger."  Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2004. 

Hiland, Mary L. “Nonprofit Mergers.” Consulting to Management, December 2003, Vol 14, No 4; Pg. 11-14.

Houstle, Peter. “Collaboration, Competition, or Cannibalism? A personal perspective.” Association Management, June 2003.

Hudson, Bryant A. and Wolfgang Bielefeld (1997) "Structures of Multinational Nonprofit Organizations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 8(1): 31-49.

Jacobs, Jerald A. and Kelly Hackett. “Essential Pre-Merger Reviews: The importance of due diligence in association mergers cannot be overemphasized.” Association Management, July 1997.

Jacobs, Jerald A.  “Association mergers and consolidations: strategic considerations.”  Association Management, August 1, 2004, No. 8, Vol. 56; Pg. 17.

Johnson, Bruce W. "Real-World Use of IT: Facts and Recommendations." Behavioral Health Management, November 1, 2000, No. 6, Vol. 20; Pg. 34.

Kamrad-Marrone, Susan L.; Stabile, Mary Ann; and Smeltzer, Carolyn Hope. "Understanding and Championing the Merger Process: Key Leadership Roles for Successful Outcomes."  Nursing Administration Quarterly. June 22, 1999, 23 (4): 47.

Lieber, Penina Kessler.  "Due Diligence: Responsibly Investigating Alliance Partners." Caring. Volume XIV, Number 1.  Spring 1998

Lewis, Fritz C. and Chandler, Charles R. "The Urge to Merge: A Common-sense Approach to Association Consolidation." Association Management, March 1993, pp.80-84.

Lowell, Stephanie; Silverman, Les; Taliento, Lynn. "Not-for-profit management: The gift that keeps on giving." The McKinsey Quarterly, January 1, 2001, Pg. 147.

Maron, Rebecca and Lee Van Bremen, "The Influence of Organizational Culture on Strategic Alliances." Association Management, April 1999, 51 (4): 86-92

McCarthy, Stephen J. "Family foundations -- insights on best practices." Trusts & Estates, October 1, 2000, No. 10, Vol. 139; Pg. 14.

McMurtry, Steven L., F. Ellen Netting, and Peter M. Kettner. "How Non-profits Adapt to a Stringent Environment," Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1991, Vol.1, No.3, 235-252.

O'Brien, John E. and Collier, Peter J. "Merger Problems for Human Service Agencies: A Case Study." Administration in Social Work, 15(3), 1991, pp. 19-31.

Oster, Sharon M. Nonprofit organizations and their local affiliates: A study in organizational forms, J. Economic Behavior And Organization 30(1) (1996) 83-95.

Oster, Sharon M. (1992) "Nonprofit Organizations as Franchise Operations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2(3): 223-238.

Patrick, Georgia and Gary McCoy. “Mind Your Merger: When consolidating forces, effective communication is key.” Association Management, June 2003.

Prokuski, Bronislaw. “Anatomy of a Merger: Financial and administrative implications of association mergers.” Association Management, February 2002.

Salipante, Paul F., and Karen Golden-Biddle. "Managing Traditionality and Strategic Change in Nonprofit Organizations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1995, Vol.6, No.1, 3-20.

Schmid, H. "Merging Nonprofit Organizations: Analysis of a Case Study." Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 1995, 5, 377-391.

Singer, Mark I., and John A. Yankey. "Organizational Metamorphosis: A Study of Eighteen Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Consolidations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 1995, Vol.1, No.4, 357-369.

Standley, Anne P. "Reinventing a large nonprofit: Lessons from four voluntary health associations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Spring 2001, Vol. 11, No. 3; Pg. 305-320.

Taylor, J., Austin, M. J., and Caputo, R. K. "Managing Mergers of Human Service Agencies: People, Programs, and Procedures." Child Welfare, 1992, 71 (1), 37-52.

Taylor, Marilyn; Lansley, John. "Relating the central and the local: Options for organizational structure." Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Summer 2000, Vol. 10, No. 4; Pg. 421-433.

Wernet, Stephen P., and Sandra A. Jones. "Merger and Acquisition Activity Between Nonprofit Social Service Organizations: A Case Study." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Winter 1992, Vol.21, No.4, 367-380.

Wutkowski, Karey  “Money crunches push non-profits to group efforts.” Los Angeles Business Journal, April 19, 2004, No. 16, Vol. 26; Pg. 3.

Young, Dennis (1989) "Local Autonomy in a Franchise Age: Structural Change in National Voluntary Associations." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 18(2): 101-117.

Young, Dennis, Neil Bania, and Darlyne Bailey (1996) "Structure and Accountability: A Study of National Nonprofit Associations." Nonprofit Management and Leadership 6 (4): 347-365