Antecedents of Relationship Learning in Business-Non-Profit Organization Collaboration Agreements

Barroso-Méndez, María Jesús; Casquet, Clementina Galera; Valero-Amaro, Victor; Gil, María Teresa Nevado

doi:10.3390/su12010269

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“…Indeed, some propose that in networks, thanks to the availability of social capital between network members, inter-organizational learning is facilitated further in comparison to that of inter-firm alliances [83]. Scholars propose that trust impacts the commitment between partners positively [84].…”

Section: Inter-organizational Learning In the Business Contextmentioning

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A Literature Review of Inter-Organizational Sustainability Learning

Dzhengiz

2020

Sustainability

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Sustainable development goals (SDGs) have become increasingly important for today’s firms as they build sustainability strategies that integrate SDGs into their core activities. Addressing these goals collaboratively, in line with SDG 17—partnerships for the goals, has gained momentum, hence the growing literature on sustainability-oriented partnerships. However, addressing SDGs through partnerships is not straightforward. For firms, contributing to SDGs through alliances and partnerships requires building environmental capabilities and embracing new value frames; in other words, going through the complex process of inter-organizational learning. This paper reviews the literature on sustainability-oriented partnerships with a focus on the inter-organizational learning process. As a result of the review, a model of inter-organizational sustainability learning is presented. This model captures the different levels and types of the inter-organizational learning process; partner and partnership characteristics that impact learning; the environmental conditions that set the conditions for learning to take place; the catalyst and inhibitors of learning; and finally outcomes of learning. This model expands and re-organizes the existing scholarly conversation about inter-organizational learning in the context of sustainability-oriented alliances and partnerships and offers a learning-based understanding of sustainability partnerships to practitioners. Based on the review, the paper proposes ideas for future research and contributes to the development of a future research agenda in the area of sustainability-oriented alliances and partnerships.

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Section: Inter-organizational Learning In the Business Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Literature Review of Inter-Organizational Sustainability Learning

Dzhengiz

2020

Sustainability

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“…Such opportunities can be secured if the NPOs demonstrate their ability to generate social and economic returns for their for profit partner's investment in social responsibility. Indeed, these relationships could be compromised by NPOs perceived lack of reliability and appeal (AL-Tabbaa et al, 2014;Barroso-Méndez et al, 2020). Therefore, in order to build strong bonds with for profit organisations practitioners as well as scholars need to further understand these motivations.…”

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“…Additionally, fundings are influenced by different factors such as donors' low income (Breeze and Lloyd, 2013), their lack of trust in NPOs, their preference to directly help friends or family, and their presupposition that only governments should support NPOs (AL-Tabbaa et al, 2014;Klaas and Dirsus, 2018;Barroso-Méndez et al, 2020). Moreover, NPOs poor financial reporting could dissuade donor support (Petrovits, et al, 2011) and potentially compromise the mission of the NPOs (Cloutier, 2011).…”

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Inhibitors of non-for-profit organisations’ activities and survival in a crisis context

Skandrani

Kooli

Doudech

2021

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Purpose Tunisia has been living a decade of democratic transition since 2011. In this new context, the civil society has been fervently expressing claims for democracy and social justice through creating thousands of non-for-profit organisations (NPOs) (23,456 NPOs in 2020 against 9,000 established in 30 years up to 2010). However, this shift seems to be misleading, as only 3,000 NPOs are actually active, indicating that NPOs are struggling to sustain their activities and ensure their survival. The purpose of this study is to uncover the factors hindering NPOs’ activities and survival. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were carried out using a purposive sample of 32 NPOs members in two main economic and touristic cities – Tunis and Sousse – selected using the snowball method. A considerable amount of qualitative data was produced (400 pages of text). This seems representative of Tunisian citizens’ inclination to protest in the new prevailing political and social context. The data collection benefited from the freedom of speech gained after the 2011 civilian uprising as interviewees were enthusiastic in voicing their opinions. Findings Two main categories of inhibitors were identified. First, endogenous inhibitors including inhibitors under the control of the NPO (i.e. use of illegal and foreign sources of funding, limited financial resources, unavailability of NPOs’ members, short term planning, conflicts between managers, autocratic leadership, organisational support, activities diversification and organisational justice, leadership and communication skills, “NPO culture”, members’ opportunistic behaviour and generation gap), inhibitors related to NPOs inter-relationships: stiff competition, unfair and dishonest competition, lack of collaboration, trust and communication between NPOs. Second, exogenous inhibitors i.e. perceived unethical practices and image transfer, economic crisis, foreign funding sources and the media. Research limitations/implications This study has some limitations mainly due to the sample size and characteristics of the selected interviewees. In addition, data was collected in only two regions (Tunis and Sousse). Therefore, the results may lack generalisability. Practical implications The findings highlight the critical impact of the inhibitors under the control of NPOs compared to those out of their control. NPOs in a crisis context could overcome these inhibitors by ensuring congruence between the NPOs’ mission, objectives and activities and designing suitable marketing strategies. Originality/value This study contributes to elucidating this complex circular system of exchange and its inhibitors in a challenging and understudied context. It offers support to Bagozzi’s (1974, 1975, 1994, 2011) calls for uncovering the factors constraining or facilitating exchanges that have an impact going beyond the relationship between three or more partners and the conditions that govern these exchanges. Moreover, and to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical attempt to support Bagozzi’s (1994) conceptualisation. It also brings an update to NPOs’ data and marketing strategy in a region near the crossroads of Middle Eastern, North African and Western influences.

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Influence of Partner Characteristics and Relational Capital on the Success of Business/Nonprofit Organization Partnerships

2020

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the largest framework of global cooperation for human and environmental development on a global scale. This framework requires new responses in the social and political spheres. To a large extent, these can come from different economic and social sectors working together to create synergies that will allow quantitatively significant progress to be made towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because of that, in the last few decades, the number of cross-sector social partnerships, and, in particular, partnerships between businesses and nonprofit organizations (NPOs), has increased enormously. However, despite their importance, a large proportion of these partnership processes have been unsuccessful due to the different characteristics of the partners and the relational complexity involved in the multiple factors that affect the collaboration over time. In this regard, the business-NPO literature has stressed the importance of improving the existing understanding of the main factors which favour a partnership’s success as well as the interrelationships among those factors. Following different theoretical perspectives used mainly in the context of business-to-business collaborative relationships, the authors test how partner characteristics indirectly influence the success of the partnerships through relational capital. The results, based on a sample (n = 102) of Spanish businesses in collaboration relationships with NPOs, show that partner characteristics (shared values and resource complementarity) help in the formation of relational capital (trust, information sharing, and commitment), and that this positively influences the success of such partnership processes (achievement of objectives and satisfaction of the partners).

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Antecedents of Relationship Learning in Business-Non-Profit Organization Collaboration Agreements

Cited by 3 publications

References 74 publications

A Literature Review of Inter-Organizational Sustainability Learning

A Literature Review of Inter-Organizational Sustainability Learning

Inhibitors of non-for-profit organisations’ activities and survival in a crisis context

Influence of Partner Characteristics and Relational Capital on the Success of Business/Nonprofit Organization Partnerships

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