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International business, climate change and the energy transition: A commentary on the importance of business models and digitalization
Responsible business under adverse conditions: Dilemmas regarding company contributions to local development
Business-NGO collaboration in a conflict setting: partnership activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Cross-Sector Collaboration, Institutional Gaps, and Fragility: The Role of Social Innovation Partnerships in a Conflict-Affected Region
Wensen en haalbaarheid voor een kustforum volgens het maatschappelijk middenveld van de Belgische kust. Studie in opdracht van het Coördinatiepunt Geïntegreerd Beheer van Kustgebieden uitgevoerd tijdens de stage Kust en Zee Management 4e jaar
Business-NGO Collaboration in a Conflict Setting: Partnership Activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
While business-NGO partnerships have received much attention in recent years, insights have been
obtained from research in ‘stable’ contexts, not from conflict-ridden countries where such
collaboration may be even more crucial in building trust and capacity and in addressing governance
problems given the absence of a reliable state. This paper aims to shed light on business-NGOs
collaboration in a conflict setting, exploring partnership activities in the Democratic Republic of
Congo. Most partnerships found are philanthropic, and deal with ‘traditional’ issues such as health and
education in a donor-recipient mode with limited community involvement. There are only a few real
transformative partnerships, which address aspects directly related to the conflict from a wider
community focus; these involve extractive companies most exposed via mineral
development/production. We also found so-called ‘engagement’ collaboration which can be divided
into activities including the transfer of funds (and characterised by service delivery), and those without
funds, focusing on knowledge exchange that furthers companies’ awareness of conflict-sensitive
issues into their operations. Peculiarities of the different types of partnerships are discussed as well as
implications for research and practice
Emerging Energy Geographies: Scaling and Spatial Divergence in EUropean Electricity Generation Capacity
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