CHAPTER FOURTEENINTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS1

William A. Brown

Joining forces with other organizations is a powerful strategy for nonprofits to achieve objectives, whether social impact priorities, political objectives, or resource needs. Interorganizational efforts are often instrumental for success. Interorganizational relationships take a range of forms (networks, partnerships), operate under various terms (collaboration, coordination, alliance), and are defined as a relationship between two or more independent entities that are designed to achieve mutual and individual objectives by sharing and/or creating resources (Tjemkes et al., 2012). There are numerous benefits and challenges, which can make managing these relationships difficult. ...

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