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| Objectives: |
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Develop theoretical perspectives on sustainable development partnerships; |
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Provide empirical evidence on success in partnerships for sustainable development – including public-private differences, network behaviors and perceptions of partnership success; |
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Develop measures to assess sustainable development partnerships; |
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Create new datasets (quantitative and qualitative) on sustainable development partnerships in Hong Kong; |
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Examine the applicability of stakeholder participation models for Hong Kong; and |
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Provide policy recommendations to all stakeholders (including government) in partnerships for sustainable development. |
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| Methods: |
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Literature review on partnership characteristics (success factors and barriers) for sustainable development; |
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Establish structural and behavior processes and outcome by undertaking survey of key informants of stakeholder groups in order to obtain evidence on the relative importance attached to each partnership variable and dimension of performance; |
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Examine sustainable development partnerships in action by focusing upon the conceptual framework made from the survey's findings; |
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Take the survey's findings and investigate the partnerships by proceeding case studies on the followings: Do the 'good' processes identified in the surveys lead to success on the ground? Are behaviors identified as conducive to successful partnerships played out in anticipated ways? Do partnerships deliver the outcomes identified by various stakeholders groups? |
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Semi-structured interviews with key informants involved in each partnership, the use of documents and focus groups of the actors will be adopted for case studies by following Yin's (1989) recommendations: (a) they would be topical and related to current public policy debates in Hong Kong; (b) multiple case studies would be included to permit comparison across cases; (c) the cases would have multiple levels of analysis looking at the role of individuals, organizations and institutions; and (d) additionally they will be selected because they relate to the notion of sustainable development and include social, economic and environmental dimensions. |
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| Reference: |
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| Yin, R. K. (1989). Case study research: Design and methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage |
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