Open AccessTowards Greater Transparency Regarding Partnerships for Technology Development
Author(s) -
Katherine Occhiuto,
Sarah Todd,
Tina E. Wilson,
J. Z. Garrod
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-9355
DOI - 10.29173/cjnser.2021v12n2a413
Subject(s) - general partnership , nonprofit sector , transparency (behavior) , nonprofit organization , public relations , business , marketing , political science , finance , law
This article explores the problems and potential of funded short-term cross-sector partnerships to address technological deficits in the nonprofit sector by engaging with the partners of a concluded project. The partnership case study that forms the backbone of this article was a three-year nationally funded nonprofit-industry-academic partnership. The ob- jective of the partnership was to increase the data collection capacity of a national nonprofit organization and its affiliate centres through the development of a web-based app. This article highlights the challenges and differing experiences of nonprofit-industry-academic partnerships more generally, and technology-development partnerships more specifically.