The product of a collaborative research effort by a group of business schools in Latin America, the Harvard Business School and AVINA Foundation, Social Partnering in Latin America, draws lessons from 24 cases of cross-sector partnerships spanning the hemisphere, and analyses how businesses and non-profits are creating partnerships to move beyond traditional corporate philanthropy.

Examples of such partnerships include an American supermarket and a Mexican food bank, an Argentine newspaper and a solidarity network, and a Chilean pharmacy chain and an elder care home. The authors analyse why and how such social partnering occurs, and how to maximize the value for participants and society.

For more information see http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/AUSSOC.html