The Design and Implementation of Cross‐Sector Collaborations: Propositions from the Literature

2006/11/09 by John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, Melissa Middleton Stone +1 · 42 citations
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering #Public Policy and Administration Research #Community Development and Social Impact

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00665.x

Abstract

People who want to tackle tough social problems and achieve beneficial community outcomes are beginning to understand that multiple sectors of a democratic society—business, nonprofits and philanthropies, the media, the community, and government—must collaborate to deal effectively and humanely with the challenges. This article focuses on cross‐sector collaboration that is required to remedy complex public problems. Based on an extensive review of the literature on collaboration, the article presents a propositional inventory organized around the initial conditions affecting collaboration formation, process, structural and governance components, constraints and contingencies, outcomes, and accountability issues.

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