Scaling social innovation through cross-sector social partnerships : driving optimal performance

Table of contents: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Scaling Social Innovation Chapter 3. Cross-Sector Collaboration Chapter 4. Assessing Collaboration Performance Chapter 5. Motivation Chapter 6. Collaborative Capabilities Chapter 7. Leadership Chapter 8. Networks Chapter 9. Culture Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts

This book is designed to illuminate the features of cross-sector partnerships that make them powerful vehicles to drive social change. Partnerships across market sectors, involving for-profit, non-profit, and government entities, work because they leverage the advantages of each type of organization to arrive at novel solutions to social problems. Unlike previous work that has discussed cross-sector, multi-sector, or public-private partnerships at a conceptual level, this book scours the existing literature and explores real-life examples to demonstrate the practical characteristics that render these partnerships effective at tackling obstreperous social problems. The authors delve into the key formative features of cross-sector partnerships such as leadership, motivation, cooperative capabilities, and arrive at distinct characteristics that drive performance. The authors lay out a succinct roadmap for creating and maintaining viable cross-sector social partnerships, with instructive real-life examples that highlight how these partnerships can be executed effectively.