One fruitful conceptual approach to linking the factors to an unfolding process is to take a life-cycle perspective. Previous research and conceptual thinking in the organizational life-cycle management literature can be a useful way to frame the discussion on research implications from the findings of this study (Liao, 2006; Geroski, 2000; Dodge, Fullerton and Robbins, 1994; Hanks and Watson, 1993; Quinn and Cameron, 1983). For example, the notion that organizations move through a process of growth and change over time is useful to frame the unfolding process of the partnership process as it moves from initial funding to project goals to implementation to final outcomes as described in this study (Jawahar and McLaughlin, 2001; Van De Ven and Poole, 1995).
“When you’re starting out, you need to cherry pick the partners.”
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