Guest editorial.

As is clear from the workshop's labelling, its focus is on research on third sector organisations, which we define very broadly, in essence only disregarding exclusively profit-seeking organisations and public administrations. Significance of non-profit organisations The apparent fundamental distinction between profit and organisations NPOs, including the third sector organisations, has for many years been observed and questioned. This research has contributed to findings that, broadly speaking, postulate that in non-profit-making organisations, economic outcomes and criteria have different influences on decision-making and, hence, on organisational processes than in profit-seeking organisations and public administration. [Extracted from the article]

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