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

Petra Kuenkel () and Andrew Aitken ()
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Petra Kuenkel: Collective Leadership Institute
Andrew Aitken: Collective Leadership Institute

Chapter Chapter 10 in The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation, 2015, pp 183-197 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Dialogic change model; Partnership implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04051-6_10

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