Social Partnering in Latin America

Lessons Drawn from Collaborations of Businesses and Civil Society Organizations

Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN)

James E. Austin

Ezequiel Reficco

Gabriel Berger

Rosa María Fischer

Roberto Gutierrez

Mladen Koljatic

Gerardo Lozano

Enrique Ogliastri

    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.
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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 Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School.

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