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Do not-for-profit firms maximize profit?

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  • Vitaliano, Donald F., 2003. "Do not-for-profit firms maximize profit?," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 75-87.
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    3. N.N. Natocheeva & V.B. Frolova & T.V. Belyanchikova, 2018. "Model of Assessing the Impact of Factors on Cash Flow Multiplicators," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 2), pages 338-347.
    4. Donald F. Vitaliano, 2020. "On the efficient location of hospitals," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, April.
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