Communities and cities host many cross-cross sector partnerships aiming to alleviate social and environmental issues. Yet, existing literature have focused on large-scale systemic impact and global challenges such as climate change, paying scant attention to the role of local dynamics in shaping cross-sector partnerships. I advance the concept of place to unpack how local embeddedness shape the structure of cross-sector partnership. I focus on elements of formalized structure. I employ a longitudinal approach focusing on two place-based dynamics: the changes in the wicked problem, and the subsequent shifts in the tensions between the moral and material considerations of the partners. © AoM 2021.All right reserved.
COVID-19 Will Bring Us Together: The Dynamics of Place and the Structure of Cross-Sector Partnerships