TY - JOUR
T1 - Public–Private Collaboration Led by Private Organizations in Combating Crises
T2 - Evidence From China’s Fighting Against COVID-19
AU - Wang, Huanming
AU - Qi, Huiting
AU - Ran, Bing
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research presented here was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (71774023), Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program (XLYC1907024), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT19RW209), and Liaoning Province Social Science Foundation (L19BGL003).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Public–private collaborations have the potential to effectively respond to extreme events. However, traditional public–private collaborations that are usually led by governmental actors often encounter significant difficulties in a crisis. Based on a case study of a public–private collaboration dealing with COVID-19 in China, we explore how a private actor emerges as a leader to initiate and manage a public–private collaboration in the crisis, and how stakeholders in this collaboration work together to effectively handle the crisis. The findings indicate critical characteristics and contingencies when a private actor leads the cross-sector collaboration to effectively cope with uncertainties and deliver public services in crisis time.
AB - Public–private collaborations have the potential to effectively respond to extreme events. However, traditional public–private collaborations that are usually led by governmental actors often encounter significant difficulties in a crisis. Based on a case study of a public–private collaboration dealing with COVID-19 in China, we explore how a private actor emerges as a leader to initiate and manage a public–private collaboration in the crisis, and how stakeholders in this collaboration work together to effectively handle the crisis. The findings indicate critical characteristics and contingencies when a private actor leads the cross-sector collaboration to effectively cope with uncertainties and deliver public services in crisis time.
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U2 - 10.1177/00953997211009890
DO - 10.1177/00953997211009890
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104384365
VL - 54
SP - 3
EP - 28
JO - Administration and Society
JF - Administration and Society
SN - 0095-3997
IS - 1
ER -