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

Mary Vayaliparampil, Frank Page and Eric Wolterstorff
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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

Societies, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-30

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.

Keywords: multi-stakeholder partnerships; partnership evaluation; partnership efficiency; partnership effectiveness; partnership assessment; cooperative capacity; performance indicators; wicked problems; Sustainable Development Goal 17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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