Purpose The concept of collaboration has received increased attention from scholars in
public management, as it has been seen as a viable solution to address “wicked” problems …

The concept of collaborative networks has attracted considerable attention, especially in two
knowledge domains: innovation and operation management. Although collaborative …

Scholars emphasize the need for additional rigor in qualitative research. This inadvertently
encourages formulaic and standardized approaches that undermine the benefits of …

Emerging social procurement imperatives are driving new forms of cross-sector
collaboration between private, public and social enterprise sectors in the construction …

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including
emergent theories of network and collaborative governance. The authors contest this narrow …

This chapter aims to apply the ecological concept of 'resilience'to the socio-economic
development of the rural region. It argues that two elements are crucial for and prerequisite …

Purpose Social procurement policies are an emerging policy instrument being used by
governments around the world to leverage infrastructure and construction spending to …

Purpose This research addresses the lack of project management research into social
procurement by exploring the risks and opportunities of social procurement from a cross …

This study assesses and explains interagency collaboration performance in the Chinese
public sector. Through a comparative case study, it shows that inter-organizational relation is …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has placed global and national leadership under a serious stress test
by threatening lives and livelihoods on an unprecedented scale. South Korea emerged as …