Exploring Collaborative Governance Processes Involving Nonprofits

Caló, Francesca; Teasdale, Simon; Roy, Michael J.; Bellazzecca, Enrico; Mazzei, Micaela

doi:10.1177/08997640231155817

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Even employing a relatively simplistic economic framework to analyse third sector initiatives has the potential to provide important evidence on the costs and benefits that can support evidence-based policymaking, and certainly takes the evaluation of third sector initiatives forward somewhat. Our findings provide evidence, from a small number of studies, that third sector initiatives could represent an effective provider of complementary public services, particularly in the case of befriending activities, local community hubs and physical activity and arts-based initiatives, confirming the literature that sees third sector organisations as an effective collaborator of the public sector (Mazzei et al, 2019;Steiner et al, 2021;Caló et al, 2023).…”

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The economic contribution of third sector initiatives for older people: a systematic review and development of a framework for evaluation

Caló

Collins

Donaldson

et al. 2023

Voluntary Sector Review

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An ageing population has placed strains on health and social care systems. Innovative solutions have been sought to inject capacity and capability in order to deliver services to older people more efficiently and effectively. Over the last two decades, governments have actively encouraged third sector organisations to deliver public services on the assumption that they exhibit higher levels of innovation, efficiency and responsiveness. The evidence base, particularly for whether they provide better value for money, remains poor. We present the results of a systematic literature review on the costs and outcomes of services for older people delivered by third sector organisations. We combine this evidence with a framework for analysing the benefits and costs of third sector-led initiatives, and test this out empirically with a group of initiatives delivered for older people in an urban context. We find that our method may hold considerable promise for the evaluation of third sector initiatives.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

The economic contribution of third sector initiatives for older people: a systematic review and development of a framework for evaluation

Caló

Collins

Donaldson

et al. 2023

Voluntary Sector Review

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“…, 2023), including collaborative governance (e.g. Calò et al. , 2023), by conducting an empirical investigation of how an enabling regulatory framework, along with accompanying mechanisms for resource transfer and incubation, can be actualized in practice, as well as examining how SEs may respond to such an environment.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agency and collaboration: an analysis of the relationship between government-certified social enterprises and the public sector in South Korea

Claassen,

Bidet,

Kim

et al. 2023

IJPSM

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Purpose Public sector institutional entrepreneurship efforts may contribute to addressing social challenges by creating an enabling regulatory environment that promotes social enterprise formation and fosters complementarity between the public sector and social enterprises. The outcomes of such public sector institutional entrepreneurship are explored in this study. To assess the outcomes of such public sector initiatives in South Korea, the perspectives of executives (n = 40) of government-certified social enterprises are assessed.Design/methodology/approach Several research methodologies were combined, including purposive sampling with an 11-point Likert scale, hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis. The literature on government–nonprofit relations as well as public sector institutional entrepreneurship was leveraged.Findings This research results indicate that the enabling regulatory environment with entrenched funding and incubation mechanisms produces mixed-to-positive outcomes if framed with reference to public sector–social enterprise complementarity. The authors identified three perspective-based ideal types that have differential views of isomorphic regulatory pressures, the efficacy of incubation and scaling programs, participation in policymaking and other aspects of public sector patronage.Originality/value This study contributes to relating the literature on public sector institutional entrepreneurship and government–third sector relations by empirically assessing how social enterprises attracted by government demand-side signaling to become certified as social enterprises encounter and perceive an ostensibly enabling regulatory ecosystem, with its derivative policies and mechanisms, crafted by the public sector.

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“…In recent years, collaborative governance theory has been continuously improved [ 20 , 21 ]. Its application in various fields has been deepened, providing new insights for optimizing the UCIP supervisory system.…”

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Research on the "multi-agent co-governance" system of unfair competition on internet platforms: Based on the perspective of evolutionary game

Xu,

Zheng

2024

PLoS ONE

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Unfair competition on internet platforms (UCIP) has become a critical issue restricting the platform economy’s healthy development. This paper applies evolutionary game theory to study how to utilize multiple subjects’ synergy to supervise UCIP effectively. First, the "multi-agent co-governance" mode of UCIP is constructed based on the traditional "unitary supervision" mode. Second, the government and internet platform evolutionary game models are built under two supervision modes. Finally, MATLAB is used to simulate and analyze the evolutionary stage and parameter sensitivity. In addition, we match the model’s evolutionary stage with China’s supervisory process. The results show that (1) the Chinese government’s supervision of UCIP is in the transitional stage from "campaign-style" to "normalization." (2) Moderate government supervision intensity is essential to guide the game system to evolve toward the ideal state. If the supervision intensity is too high, it will inhibit the enthusiasm for supervision. If the supervision intensity is too low, it cannot form an effective deterrent to the internet platforms. (3) When the participation of industry associations and platform users is low, it can only slow down the evolutionary speed of the game system’s convergence to the unfavorable state. Nevertheless, it cannot reverse the evolutionary result. (4) Maintaining the participation level of industry associations and platform users above a specific threshold value while increasing punishment intensity will promote the transition of government supervision from the "campaign-style" to the "normalization" stage. This paper provides ideas and references for the Chinese government to design a supervision mechanism for UCIP.

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Exploring Collaborative Governance Processes Involving Nonprofits

Cited by 8 publications

References 70 publications

The economic contribution of third sector initiatives for older people: a systematic review and development of a framework for evaluation

The economic contribution of third sector initiatives for older people: a systematic review and development of a framework for evaluation

Agency and collaboration: an analysis of the relationship between government-certified social enterprises and the public sector in South Korea

Research on the "multi-agent co-governance" system of unfair competition on internet platforms: Based on the perspective of evolutionary game

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