Effective Collaboration Managing the Obstacles to Success [Hardcover]

This book investigates the problems of effectively managing partnerships between organizations in the private, public and not for profit sectors, and highlights many of the pitfalls of an uncritical and quick fix approach to collaboration. It provides a conceptual framework that can be used to identify possible problems and to find solutions that can enable collaborative ventures to succeed. This framework enables academics, students and practising managers to assess and to devise solutions to the management problems connected to collaborative ventures.What Makes Practitioners Tick? Understanding Collaboration Practice and Practising Collaboration Understanding Managing Strategic Alliances Success: Determining the Influence Factors of Intent Within Partnerships The Forms and Purposes of Strategic Alliances In The European Banking Sector Alliances in the Natural Gas Vehicle Industry: An Application of Complexity to An Environmental Issue The Challenges of Multisector Collaboration In Community Development Leveraging Professional Knowledge in Healthcare Networks Through Integrated IT: The V-NBS Approach Knowledge and Trust in Partnership Formation International Staffing Patterns and Transaction Costs: Implications for Alliance Readiness and Firm Performance The Role of Power Relationships in Partnership Agreements Between Small and Large Buyers Joining Two Organization Units: Managing Cultural Threats and Possibilities Managing Effective PartnershipsRICHARD BUTLER Bradford UniversityCAROLYN ERDERNER Stuttgard Institute of Management and TechnologyJAS GILL Bradford UniversityCHRIS HUXHAM Strathclyde Business SchoolROBIN MATTHEWS Kingston UniversityFRANK MARTIN Kingston UniversityIAN C MORISON Loughborough UniversityDAVID SINK UALRJAN STILES Henley Management CollegeONGEMAR TORBIORN Stockholm UniversityREHAN UL-HAG Birmingham UniversitySIV VANGEN Strathclyde Business School