Expanding the pie : fostering effective non-profit and corporate partnerships / Susan Rae Ross.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Machine generated contents note: 01. Setting the Stage -- Background -- Key Institutional Definitions -- Key Engagement Definitions -- Long-Arnold Framework on Successful Partnership Factors -- Partnership Decision-Making Framework -- 02. Global Trends -- Overview -- Globalization -- Advances in Information, Communication, and Technology -- Widening Income Gap Between Rich and Poor -- Complex Problems Requiring Multi-Sector Response -- Changing Roles of Government, Business, and NGOs -- Alternative Organizational Models -- Changes in Philanthropy Trends -- Shifts in Development Assistance -- Summary of Global Trends -- 03. NGO Trends -- Overview -- NGO Trends -- Summary of NGO Trends -- 04. Business Trends -- Overview of the Business Sector -- Business Trends -- Corporate Social Responsibility -- Greater Corporate Accountability -- Summary of Business Trends -- 05. Partnership Options -- Should NGOs and Businesses Partner? -- Stakeholder Engagement Framework -- 06. Bilateral NGO-Corporate Partnerships -- What Are Bilateral NGO-Corporate Partnerships? -- How Do NGO-Corporate Partnerships Work? -- Summary -- 07. Tri-Party Partnerships -- What Are Tri-Party Partnerships? -- How Do Tri-Party Partnerships Work? -- Summary -- 08. Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives -- What Are Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives? -- How Do MSIs Work? -- Summary -- 09. Partnership Decision-Making Framework -- Overview -- Partnership Decision-Making Framework.

Expanding the Pie provides useful tools and frameworks to support managers in designing, implementing, and evaluating effective (cross-sectoral) nonprofit-corporate partnerships. New paradigms that harness collective solutions and maximize the strengths of different sectors are required to address the complex problems the world faces today. These new approaches create models that benefit businesses as well as society, thus expanding the pie for everyone.

Susan Ross outlines three types of partnerships.

Bilateral partnerships directly between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and businesses.

Tri-party partnerships involving NGOs, businesses, and government agencies.

Multi-stakeholder initiatives that bring together partners with diverse interests in order to achieve common goals.

She reviews 46 partnership cases to identify factors that made the partnerships successful and culls lessons to enhance future partnership. Lastly, she provides a decision-making framework with key questions and tools to assist managers in selecting partners and designing, implementing, and evaluating effective NGO-corporate partnerships.

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