The Collaboration Imperative
Collaboration between different players is often necessary to meet some great current challenges.
Author(s): Ram Nidumolu, Jib Ellison, John Whalen, Erin Billman
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Date of publication: 2014
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Summary
Responding to many challenges in today’s world requires a coordinated action that exceeds the capability of a single enterprise, or even of an entire sector of activity. This is notably the case for problems linked to climate change or to planned resource depletion. Yet, finding collaborative solutions to address systemic issues is very difficult. Many initiatives failed through the lack of a shared vision or of trust between partners, or because of diverging interests. Thankfully, there have been successful initiatives, for example in the milk industry or in sport clothes. The authors of this article analyzed them. They draw several strategic ideas to enhance multi-player cooperation.
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