Author ORCID Identifier

Minji Hong: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2019-8659

Benedict Jimenez: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-7713

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-24-2024

Abstract

The study examines how two major strategy formulation approaches – rational planning and logical incrementalism – influence the decision of city governments to collaborate with for-profit, non-profit, and other public organizations. Collaboration with governmental and non-governmental actors gives rise to varying levels of risks, and the choice of which type of organization to collaborate with is influenced by how distinct strategy formulation processes can help governments address those risks. Using data from a national survey of cities, we find that the strategy-making process can spur or hinder collaborative undertakings. The results of the regression analysis indicate that rational planning catalyzes cross-sectoral collaboration but is not associated with government-to-government collaboration. Logical incrementalism, in contrast, has a consistently negative relationship with collaboration regardless of sector. The findings indicate that collaboration can be limited by city governments’ capacity to undertake rational planning and their propensity to engage in incrementalist decision-making.

Comments

Accepted manuscript version of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Performance & Management Review on 2024-06-24 available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2024.2366238

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12701716

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