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The Missing Ingredient for Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Cooperative Capacity

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  • Mary Vayaliparampil

    (Cooperative Capacity Partners, Arlington, VA 22202, USA)

  • Frank Page

    (Cooperative Capacity Partners, Arlington, VA 22202, USA)

  • Eric Wolterstorff

    (Sovereignty First, Boulder, CO 80304, USA)

Abstract

Multi-stakeholder partnerships are an essential vehicle for solving complex societal problems. Agreements governing these partnerships often lack equitable partner agency in framing and enforcing multi-stakeholder agreements. This challenges the partner cooperation needed of partnerships to be effective. This theoretical paper introduces a new original model to measure and develop the cooperative capacity of multi-stakeholder partnerships so that future agreements involving the partnership are framed to share governance equitably among all partners and hence, increase partnership performance and effectiveness. The model provides a methodology to measure and develop the cooperative capacity of multi-stakeholder partnerships through key performance indicators that identify the cooperative state of partners and predicts partnership effectiveness in achieving common goals. The paper traces the theoretical genesis of the model, presents a comprehensive explanation of the model, and provides cases of the model’s application.

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  • Mary Vayaliparampil & Frank Page & Eric Wolterstorff, 2021. "The Missing Ingredient for Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Cooperative Capacity," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-30, April.
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