Inter-organizational cooperation in community health organizations.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this paper is to examine various aspects related to inter-organizational cooperation and how this phenomenon can be applied to healthcare institutions.


METHODS
To fulfil the aim, a qualitative investigation was adopted, focussing on the relationship between public hospital and a higher education institution in Portugal.


CONCLUSIONS
The study supports health managers and higher education leaders, and other stakeholders involved inter-organizational cooperation drawing up strategies and understanding inter-organizational cooperation's impact at the regional level.


CONCLUSIONS
One contribution is to help fill a gap regarding the empirical research surrounding cooperation between organizations, especially in the health sector, where scientific studies are scarce. It also provides new insights by applying competence-based theory to analyze different approaches to hospital cooperation, which has received scant attention in the health sector.
Department of Management and Economics, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã Portugal.
Mário
M
Franco
Heiko
H
Haase
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult
Leadership; Learning; Management; Networking; Networks; Partnership