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The targeted “Solution” in the spotlight: how a product focus influences collective action within and beyond cross-sector partnerships
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posted on 2023-06-10, 03:35 authored by Lea Stadtler, Ozgu KarakulakOzgu KarakulakBased on a comparative case study of six cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) in global health, we illustrate how a CSP’s aim to address a social issue on the basis of products influences the governance of collective action within the partnership and beyond, at the field level. We show how such product focus, through specialization, influences a CSP’s structures and interaction culture and, as a reflection of the partners’ underlying logics, generates different CSP-field effects. Specifically, if conceived as self-contained and without considering the implications for other field players and programs, a product focus may expedite collective action within the CSP, but spur fragmentation and disruption at the field level. Conversely, if designed to strengthen field capacity and integration at the product-field interlinkages, a product focus may take longer to form but helps avoid the above field effects. On this basis, we advance theory on CSPs’ product focus as a multilevel coordination mechanism and elaborate on the implications for designing product-based CSPs.
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Business and SocietyISSN
0007-6503Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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3Volume
61Page range
606-648Department affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
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2022-05-18First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-05-19First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2022-05-19Usage metrics
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