Whether you’re working on a local collective impact initiative or a national public-private partnership; whether you’re a practitioner or a researcher; whether you’re looking for basics or a detailed look at a particular topic, our Resource Library can help you find the information and tools you need for your cross-sector thinking and practice. The Library — which includes resources from research organizations, advisory groups, training organizations, academic centers and journals, and other sources — spans issue areas, sectors, and partnership types.
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There are a number of academic courses, programs, and certificates offered in the United States in which cross-sector collaboration is a major theme. We hope this list will be useful for educators who are interested in how this topic is being taught at universities across the country…
In this paper, Living Cities offers “a strategic framework for cross-sector partnerships including describing and defining the traits that make up a strong foundation, factors that influence success, and behaviors of high-impact efforts. In addition to the theory, the paper steeps these ideas in four…
This landmark SSIR article introduced the concept of collective impact and its five conditions of collective success. “Collaboration is nothing new. The social sector is filled with examples of partnerships, networks, and other types of joint efforts. But collective impact initiatives are distinctly different. Unlike…
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Theoretical and empirical work on collaboration has proliferated in the last decade. The authors’ 2006 article on designing and implementing cross-sector collaborations was a part of, and helped stimulate, this growth. This article reviews the authors’ and others’…
“This report focuses specifically on a cross-sector collaborative effort to significantly reduce traffic congestion in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. The organizers of the program concluded that a collaborative, multi-modal approach was crucial to making real headway on a longstanding, costly, nearly intractable…
“The Future of Manufacturing report (April 2012) identified a number of factors that will shape the future of competition between countries and companies. Three areas rose to the top as the most critical: human capital and talent development; innovation and technology advancement; and strategic use…
“Given the large, global infrastructure deficit, many governments are turning to the private sector for support. In this environment, public-private partnerships (PPPs) can accelerate infrastructure development by tapping into the private sector’s financial resources, as well as its skills in designing, building, and operating infrastructure…
“For the development of new cross-sector partnerships it is required to know what the essence of successful partnership projects is. Which factors influence success or failure of partnerships is highly related to the specific context where partnerships operate. … Researchers and practitioners aim to understand…
“This study concerns approaches to discerning, measuring, and assessing public values and the ways of creating them. In recent years there has been tremendous growth in both theory and practice associated with managing public service delivery through network structures. Much of this research has tried…
This paper looks at “strategic collaboration … ‘an intentional, collective approach to address public problems or issues through building shared knowledge, designing innovative solutions, and forging consequential change.’ … The case studies presented in this paper provide a number of examples along this continuum of…
This report looks at results from the 2012 Globescan / SustainAbility survey of sustainability experts across corporate, government, NGO, and academic organizations in 74 countries. “We asked respondents for clues to a blueprint for the most effective forms of collaboration, how business should (and in…
“This white paper addresses one of the most common misperceptions [about public-private partnerships] — that PPPs are a more expensive form of project delivery. … Many may find it surprising that PPPs can provide products and services at comparable or lower costs than those associated…
“This study has been commissioned by the Washington State Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee (JTC) in order to assess if, why, and how public-private partnerships (P3s) can potentially benefit the State in relation to the delivery and operation of its transportation infrastructure. Its focus has been…
“Food Policy Councils (FPCs) are committees of food system actors that propose policy and programming changes to strengthen a region’s economy, environment, and community as they relate to the food system. As of January 2014, over 270 Food Policy Councils (FPCs) are operating at various…
This report recommends that “governments use all instruments of national power to reduce cyber risks appropriately. In particular, national leaders have accountability for devising a cybersecurity strategy and fostering local, national and global cross-sector cooperation. … [The report discusses] what constitutes a national cybersecurity strategy;…