Strategic Group Analysis of Poland’s Nonprofit Organizations

Abstract

This article reviews empirically studied strategic groups of nonprofit organizations that operate in the area of education and culture in Poland. The study was based on a sample of 485 organizations that were tested according to the hierarchical and the two-step cluster methods. This generated five largely diverse strategic groups in the sector, and each group is thoroughly described in the article.

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