Perceptions of Final Beneficiaries about the Performance of Cross-sector Partnerships: A Case Study Applied to the 2008 Zaragoza International Exhibition on Water and Sustainable Development

José María Agudo-Valiente, Pilar Gargallo-Valero and Manuel Salvador-Figueras
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José María Agudo-Valiente: Department of Economics and Management, University of Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain
Pilar Gargallo-Valero: Department of Applied Economics, University of Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain
Manuel Salvador-Figueras: Department of Applied Economics, University of Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 14, 1-20

Abstract: Using the 2008 Zaragoza International Exhibition “Water and sustainable development” as a case study, this paper aims to respond to the increasing demand for measurements of the effects and the implications of the performance of cross-sector partnerships from the perspective of their intended final beneficiaries. A contingency framework for measuring the short-, medium- and long-term effects of the 2008 Zaragoza International Exhibition is developed based on a “results chain” or “logic model”. Our results highlight that there are positive long-term synergies between the two main purposes of the 2008 Zaragoza International Exhibition; first, to increase public awareness of and commitment to the problems of water and sustainable development and, second, to make the city of Zaragoza better known internationally and to modernize its infrastructures. Although respondents to our survey consider that the long-term effects on the city are greater, the main short- and medium-term effects are related to awareness of water problems, sustainable development and non-governmental organizations. These results are in tune with what has happened around the city in the last 10 years providing indirect validity both to our study and to the proposed methodology.

Keywords: sustainability; cross-sector partnerships; performance; efficiency; effectiveness; structural equations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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