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Key Factors for the Successful Implementation of Stakeholder Partnerships: The Case of the African Cashew initiative

In: The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation

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  • Petra Kuenkel

    (Collective Leadership Institute)

  • Andrew Aitken

    (Collective Leadership Institute)

Abstract

The implementation of sustainable development efforts often requires finding joint solutions to complex challenges and cooperation between different societal actors in order to pool expertise and resources. Such cross-sector stakeholder partnerships require patience and persistence, but, when managed well, they can build the cross-sector stability we need to address global challenges and find innovative solutions. Any attempt to initiate, implement or facilitate such cooperation processes is an intervention into a fragile and often controversial system of actors, requiring careful attention to the quality of relationships and interaction among stakeholders. This chapter discusses the main concepts related to multi-stakeholder partnerships and the key factors for their successful implementation. Laying out a methodological background developed by the Collective Leadership Institute (CLI) and drawing on its 2 years of extensive experience with the African Cashew initiative (ACi), the chapter elaborates on eight key factors for the success of complex stakeholder partnerships and illustrates their relevance with a series of examples from the initiative.

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  • Petra Kuenkel & Andrew Aitken, 2015. "Key Factors for the Successful Implementation of Stakeholder Partnerships: The Case of the African Cashew initiative," Springer Books, in: Verena Bitzer & Ralph Hamann & Martin Hall & Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL (ed.), The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 183-197, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-04051-6_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04051-6_10
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    1. Adriane MacDonald & Amelia Clarke & Lei Huang, 2019. "Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainability: Designing Decision-Making Processes for Partnership Capacity," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 160(2), pages 409-426, December.
    2. Aparajita Banerjee & Enda Murphy & Patrick Paul Walsh, 2020. "Perceptions of Multistakeholder Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study of Irish Non-State Actors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-15, October.

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