Research Tools and Methods

By adopting strategic performance measures, nonprofits can bring focus and discipline to their mission and much-needed information to donors and supporting organizations. The result: a more efficient marketplace that rewards effectiveness, thereby bringing bigger benefits to society. And in the post-Enron era, the stewardship and accountability that the Balanced Scorecard can help nonprofits achieve is just as relevant to the private sector as it is to the public sector. [Excerpted from article]

A brief description of "animal welfare" as a marketing term, used by retailers to protect and differentiate their brands and products, discusses the three basic retailing dynamics of "brand management," "innovation with supply chains," and "limitations to supply and demand."

Since 1992, the Public Opinion Foundation has conducted weekly nationwide representative polls of Russia's urban and rural populations, through the extensive network of its regional branches and partner organizations situated in almost all areas of the country. This organization provides an English database version of poll results, searchable by topic.