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II Partners Coming Together--Summary, Panel Discussion
Pages 9-14

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... The possible exception might be the Farm to Fork Initiative, which began as a potentially adversarial relationship in which a shareholder, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, sought to engage Smithfield Foods and hold it accountable for its environmental record. However, Smithfield was quite concerned with its reputation, particularly as it sought to build brand recognition, and so even if the two initial partners did not have the same goal, they were at least aligned, making it possible to explore opportunities to cooperate.
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... , government, NGO, and private sector partners shared a commitment to reducing illegal logging and expanding the market share of sustainable products. However, each was also motivated by a secondary -- but not necessarily overt -- objective.
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... Institutional mismatches are not uncommon. USAID's interest in partnering with the private sector was tempered by a slow approval process and no existing legal mechanism to facilitate a partnership, causing prospective private sector partners to continue working directly with partner NGOs, and then by extension, with USAID.
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... Another partnership involving supply chains, the Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C; Chapter XII) , was initially held up by concerns over antitrust activity; the various companies involved had to be careful to avoid discussing "the p word" -- price.
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... Particularly for a partnership focusing on R&D, it is imperative to assess early on what combination of partners and resources are necessary to construct a successful endeavor; but in any case, it might not be necessary to hold up progress while waiting for the perfect combination of partners. As Charles Vest noted, partnerships require that we identify emotional drivers (e.g., how we want the world to be)
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