Different Paths to Collaboration Between Businesses and Civil Society and the Role of Third Parties

被引:51
作者
Arenas, Daniel [1 ]
Sanchez, Pablo [2 ]
Murphy, Matthew [3 ]
机构
[1] Ramon Llull Univ, ESADE Business Sch, Inst Social Innovat, Barcelona 08034, Spain
[2] Lab Base Piramide, Barcelona, Spain
[3] Univ Victoria, Peter B Gustavson Sch Business, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada
关键词
Collaboration; Confrontation; Civil society; NGO; Cross-sector partnerships; Third parties; Mediators; Allies; Brokers; CORPORATE SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY; CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; NGOS; ACTIVISM; INNOVATION; TACTICS; STAKEHOLDERS; STRATEGIES; ALLIANCES; CONFLICT;
D O I
10.1007/s10551-013-1829-5
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In this article, we suggest that one of the unexplored paths toward collaboration between firms and civil society organizations starts with confrontation or potential conflict, and that the transition toward collaboration can be further understood if one focuses on triadic relationships rather than dyadic ones. We analyze the presence of third parties and their different roles to explain how collaboration is facilitated. The article aims at bringing together the bodies of research on business-civil society confrontation and on business-civil society collaboration. It offers a comparative analysis of four case studies, and proposes a typology of third parties composed of facilitating allies, participating allies, mediators, and solution seekers. We conclude with some implications for further research as well as for practice.
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页码:723 / 739
页数:17
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