The Porter Five-forces Industry Analysis Framework For Religious Nonprofits: A conceptual analysis

摘要: Goold (1997) has argued that the Porter (1980) five-forces framework for industry analysis is not applicable to nonprofits. In light of recent essays (e.g. Miller, 2002) as well literature from world religious nonprofit organizations and organization theory, analyzed through a review representative literature. The arena was chosen this conceptual based on an assumed key difference between nonprofits for-profit firms: stronger influence mission in strategy formulation compared with external environment. Implications further research are suggested.