BASES OF INTERORGANIZATION CO‐OPERATION: PROPENSITY, POWER, PERSISTENCE*

Co-operation may enable organizations to attain ends that they cannot achieve alone. However, the co-operating partners must have an unusual mix of (1) propensity, (2) power, and (3) persistence. Joint ventures are used in this article to elucidate these critical elements in the relationship.

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