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Dear ENTREP,

We are pleased to announce a special issue of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship on

Business–NGO Partnerships   

Editors:

Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen and Janni Thusgaard Pedersen

Copenhagen Business School Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Denmark

The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC) Issue 50 is a special themed issue on "Business-NGO Partnerships". A limited number of individual copies of are available for purchase at the price of £30.00/US$50.00/€35.00 plus postage. PDF downloads of the complete issue are also available for £30.00/US$50.00/€35.00, and individual papers for £15/US$25.00/€17.50. 

Buy JCC 50 now: http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/jcc50

"This Special Issue makes an important contribution to the literature on corporate–NGO relations and I commend the presenters, authors and editors on their effort and execution... I encourage you to read and reflect on [these] excellent papers."  – Jonathan Doh, Director of the Center for Global Leadership

In 2012, Copenhagen Business School hosted the conference Partnership 2012: NGO+Business. During the three-day event, a wide range of business leaders, NGO representatives, politicians, academics and students discussed how partnerships can help to alleviate some of the urgent social and environmental challenges facing the world today. Overall, the various contributions to the conference indicated that business–NGO partnerships hold great promise for solving societal problems, but it was also acknowledged that the planning and implementation of these collaborative efforts could be a challenging endeavour. Topics discussed at the conference included partnership drivers, partner identification, implementation processes, governance mechanisms, barriers and success factors, and impact measurements, among others.

The purpose of this Special Issue of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship is to document and share the experiences from the 2012 conference by publishing some of the interesting research papers that were presented at the event.  The Special Issue begins with an introductory article from the conference organisers, Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen and Janni Thusgaard Pedersen, that synthesises the state of play in both research and practice related to corporate–NGO partnerships. It also positions the research that is contained in the issue within the broader academic discourse over the subject.

The Special Issue on business–NGO partnerships includes contributions that help both academics and practitioners to better understand how business–NGO partnerships are preached and practised. The contributions look, in particular, at how a number of internal and external factors shape the process and outcomes of business–NGO partnerships.

JCC50 Contents:

Editorial

Malcolm McIntosh

Professor and Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise

Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Foreword to the Special Issue

Jonathan P. Doh

Villanova University School of Business, USA

Introduction: The Rise of Business–NGO Partnerships

Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen and Janni Thusgaard Pedersen

Copenhagen Business School Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Denmark

Turning Point: I Don't Care What You Make, I Care What You're Made Of

Jon Duschinsky

The Conversation Farm, Canada

Partnership Steering Wheels: How the Formation Process of a Cross-sector Partnership can Influence its Governance Mechanisms

Heike Schirmer

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Joining Forces: Creating New Partnerships to Bring Greenland Forward

Anne Mette Christiansen

Deloitte/Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark

Corporate Foundations: Catalysts of NGO–Business Partnerships?

Heidi Herlin, Hanken School of Economics, Finland

Janni Thusgaard Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

NGO–Business Collaboration in Kenya: A Case Study and Broader Stakeholder Analysis

Laura M.F. Kuijpers and Agnes M. Meershoek

Maastricht University, the Netherlands

The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC) focuses explicitly on integrating theory about corporate citizenship with management practice. The journal provides a forum in which the tensions and practical realities of making corporate citizenship real are addressed in a reader-friendly, yet conceptually and empirically rigorous format. For more information on JCC, including how to subscribe, and this special issue, please visit our website: www.greenleaf-publishing.com or contact Claire Jackson at claire.jackson@greenleaf-publishing.com.