Cross-Sectoral Partnerships for Social Impact: Synergetic interactions in and around partnerships

Cross-sectoral partnerships have been highlighted as a key mechanism to deliver the promise of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and are acknowledged to play a crucial role in addressing complex and grand societal challenges. Realising and sustaining effective cross-sectoral partnerships is often necessary, but also challenging. This Symposium contributes to the growing knowledge of cross-sectoral partnerships by focusing on the role of synergistic interactions in and around a focal cross-sectoral partnership. As most research on cross-sectoral partnerships has focused on a focal partnership, less attention has been devoted to the role of synergistic interactions - defined as the interactions with additional actors (partner or broker) that produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects, in and around a focal cross-sectoral partnership. Understanding the role of synergies in realizing, sustaining and even scaling cross-sectoral partnerships, going beyond a focal partnership, is important from both theoretical and practical standpoints. This Symposium fosters research and debate around these issues, showcasing pioneering empirical studies that shed light on how these synergies help realize, sustain and even scale cross-sectoral partnerships (CSPs) for social impact. Harnessing the hype: Coverting the cultural momentum of impact investing into lasting social change Presenter: Matthew Grimes; Cambridge Judge Business School Presenter: Danielle Logue; U. of Technology, Sydney Collective convening: Organizational and interorganizational-level tensions in joint CSP formation Presenter: Iteke Van Hille; Vrije U. Amsterdam Presenter: Frank G.A. De Bakker; IESEG School of Management Presenter: Julie E. Ferguson; U. of Amsterdam Presenter: Peter Groenewegen; Leeds U. Business School Working across institutional boundaries:Fostering ambiguity to enact a generative collaboration spac Presenter: Anne-Laure Fayard; New York U. Presenter: Anne-Claire Pache; ESSEC Business School Cross-Sector Partnerships and Scaling Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Unjani Clinics Presenter: Ilze Kivleniece; INSEAD Presenter: Vikas A. Aggarwal; INSEAD Presenter: Anna Szerb; INSEAD