Social Partnering in Latin America: Lessons Drawn from Collaborations of Businesses and Civil Society Organizations (Series on Latin American Studies) - Softcover

Austin, James E.; Reficco, Ezequiel; Berger, Gabriel; Fischer, Rosa María; Gutierrez, Roberto; Koljatic, Mladen; Lozano, Gerardo; Ogliastri, Enrique; SEKN, Social Enterprise Knowledge Network

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674015800 ISBN 13: 9780674015807

Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2004

Synopsis

Can businesses collaborate with nonprofit organizations? Drawing lessons from 24 cases of cross-sector partnerships spanning the hemisphere, Social Partnering in Latin America analyzes how businesses and nonprofits are creating partnerships to move beyond traditional corporate philanthropy. An American supermarket and a Mexican food bank, an Argentine newspaper and a solidarity network, and a Chilean pharmacy chain and an elder care home are just a few examples of how businesses are partnering with community organizations in powerful ways throughout Latin America. The authors analyze why and how such social partnering occurs.

The book provides a compelling framework for understanding cross-sector collaborations and identifying motivations for partnering and key levers that maximize value creation for participants and society.

About this title

About the Authors

James E. Austin is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Initiative on Social Enterprise at the Harvard Business School.

Ezequiel Reficco is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School.

Gabriel Berger is Associate Professor at the Universidad de San Andres, Argentina.

Edition details

• Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674015800
• ISBN 13: 9780674015807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410