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A balancing act
van Hille, I.
2020
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van Hille, I. (2020). A balancing act: Convening cross-sector partnerships to strengthen sustainable development
in global supply chains.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One. Introduction
1.1 Sustainable development in global supply chains 1.2 Key concepts 1.2.1 Cross-sector partnerships 1.2.2 Mission-driven conveners 1.2.3 Convening 1.3 Research approach 1.3.1 Engaged scholarship 1.3.2 Case selection 1.4 Chapter overview 1.5 Chapter background
Chapter Two. Strategizing nature in cross-sector partnerships: Can plantation revitalization enable living wages?
Chapter Summary 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Theory 2.3 Method 2.3.1 Research setting 2.3.2 Data collection 2.3.3 Data analysis 2.4 Findings
2.4.1 Before: Toward living wages in the tea industry? 2.4.2 After: Combining living wage with revitalization in the
CSP’s strategy
2.4.3 What has changed? Stacking temporalities in combining revitalization and living wage
2.5 Discussion
2.5.1 Limitations and future research directions 2.6 Conclusion 13 18 21 21 23 25 27 28 31 33 39 43 44 45 47 49 50 50 53 58 58 60 68 76 79 80
Chapter Three. Cross-sector partnerships for sustainability: How mission-driven conveners drive change in national coffee platforms Chapter Summary
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theoretical background
3.2.1 NPOs’ shifting role(s) in stimulating sustainability in global supply chains: From certification to CSPs 3.2.2 Conveners: Definition, skills and role
3.3 Research context and case description 3.4 Materials and Methods
3.4.1 Data collection 3.4.2 Data analysis 3.5 Findings
3.5.1 Strategy development: A productive combination of field-level projects with a CSP approach
3.5.2 Implementation: Pragmatically dealing with cross-level dynamics
3.5.3 First achievements: Connecting process and outcomes to realize sustainability objectives
3.5.4 Implications for the notion of “mission-driven convener”
3.6 Discussion 3.7 Conclusions 3.8 Appendix
Chapter Four. Navigating tensions in a cross-sector partnership: How a convener drives change for sustainability
Chapter Summary 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theory
4.2.1 Paradox (meta-)theory: a relevant lens in multiple domains
4.2.2 Convening CSPs: Navigating tensions 4.3 Methodology 83 84 85 88 88 90 92 94 94 97 98 98 101 107 111 115 121 122 125 126 127 130 130 131 134
4.3.1 FSC-Netherlands: Convener of the CSP 4.3.2 The cross-sector partnership (CSP) 4.3.3 Data collection and analysis
4.4 Findings
4.4.1 Tension 1: Leading versus facilitating
4.4.2 Navigation strategies to the leading-facilitating tension
4.4.3 Tension 2: Neutral convening versus stakeholding interest
4.4.4 Navigation strategies to the neutrality-stakeholding tension
4.4.5 Nested tensions 4.5 Discussion
4.5.1 Theoretical implications 4.5.2 Practical implications
4.5.3 Opportunities for future research
Chapter Five. Collective convening: Organizational and interorganizational-level tensions in joint cross-sector partnership formation
Chapter Summary 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Theory
5.2.1 Convening cross-sector partnerships 5.2.2 Paradox theory 5.3 Method 5.3.1 Data collection 5.3.2 Data analysis 5.4 Research context 5.5 Findings
5.5.1 From single to collective convening: The changing relationship between Organizations A and B
5.5.2 Organization B: Hybrid position becomes salient tension 134 135 136 139 139 141 145 148 149 150 151 153 153 157 158 159 161 161 163 165 165 168 169 172 173 174
5.5.3 Organization A: Building a trusting relationship with the producers
5.5.4 Collective convening: Balancing synergies and conflict during the MoU negotiation
5.6 Discussion 5.7 Conclusion 5.8 Appendix Chapter Six. Discussion
6.1 Summary of key findings 6.2 Theoretical contributions
6.2.1 A process take on CSP development as the dominant paradigm: phase models
6.2.2 A tension-based perspective as an alternative paradigm to study CSPs
6.2.3 Implications for the concepts of “mission-driven conveners” and “convening”
6.3 Practical implications 6.4 Reflection
6.4.1 Reflection on methodology
6.4.2 Reflection on my position as an engaged scholar 6.5 Research limitations and future research
Overview of tables, figures and boxes References
Summary Samenvatting
Acknowledgements / dankwoord About the author
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