Determinants of Nonprofit Board Size and Compositionthe Case of Spanish Foundations

  1. Andrés Alonso, Pablo de
  2. Azofra Palenzuela, Valentín
  3. Romero Merino, María Elena
Revista:
Documentos de trabajo " Nuevas tendencias en dirección de empresas "

Año de publicación: 2006

Número: 15

Páginas: 1-24

Tipo: Artículo

Resumen

Recently, many empirical studies have shed light on the determinants of boards of directors. Our aim in this paper goes far from the corporate setting. We explain how nonprofits boards are structured. As opposed to corporations' goals, the objectives of nonprofits are non-lucrative. They can not disburse profits to their contributors, but the role played by their boards of trustees in monitoring and advising managers is analogous to that of boards of directors. Using a sample of Spanish foundations, we show that nonprofit board determinants, such as organizational complexity and financing structure, are mostly similar to those of corporate boards. Nonprofit age, however, illustrates the different nature of these organizations and their voluntary boards.