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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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✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “The construction and provision of infrastructure services such as transport nowadays is often based on a partnership between three main actors: public sector, private sector, and multilateral lenders, under a framework of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). This type of partnership has…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “This paper explores the theoretical underpinnings of collaboration and ecosystem management in order to identify the relationships and processes involved in implementing ecosystem management programs through cross-sector collaboration. Ecosystem management requires a highly adaptive and resilient social–ecological governance approach, which…

“The title of this article refers to two different ways of thinking about governance and cross-sector social interaction (CSSI) — let’s call them ‘small g’ and ‘big G’ governance — and how these relate to different levels of analysis of CSSIs. To put it simply:…

“At the heart of effective collaboration is value creation. It is what motivates, sustains, and produces impact from cross-sector partnering. In it lies the answer to the fundamental question posed by this Special JBE Issue: How is society better off due to the joining of…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Accepting that there is much confusion in current debates about the use of public-private partnerships for public infrastructure projects, the article begins by considering the emergence of the ‘PPP phenomenon’ as a ‘governance scheme’ and as a ‘language…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Our argument connects the management of relational contracts with the management of policy networks. Thinking about bilateral, horizontal extensions of governmental authority in a state of agents can be enhanced, we claim, because of the rich offerings of…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “This article develops a critical theory of value creation in cross-sector partnerships by recasting value creation from the standpoint of the beneficiary. We first explain how distinct combinations of principles, relations, and relational processes set largely non-overlapping foundations…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “In recent years, concern has grown over good practices in the procurement process in public-private partnerships (PPPs). The consensus view is that PPPs are prone to higher transaction costs than traditional public provision. In this paper, we contrast…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Cross-sector social partnerships are often studied from a macro and meso perspective, also in an attempt to assess effectiveness and societal impact. This article pays specific attention to the micro perspective, i.e., individual interactions between and within organizations…

✴︎Available only with purchase from publisher “Prior research flags the inherent incompatibilities between for-profit and non-profit partners and cautions that clashing value creation logics and conflicting identities can stall social innovation in cross- sector partnerships. Process narratives of successful versus unsuccessful cross- sector partnerships paint…