<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This manuscript focuses on development assistance players' efforts to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate on projects of mutual interest. I target the case of the cross-sectoral and international Media Issues Group designed to reform and develop the media sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I identify and categorize variables that influenced interorganizational relationships to summarize lessons learned and potentially inform similar interventions. This work suggests that cooperation, coordination and collaboration are constrained by contextual, strategic and procedural variables. Through participant narrative based on observation and interviews, this work clarifies the nuances within these three sets of variables for potential extrapolation to other settings. Perhaps more importantly, it provides lessons learned that can inform future international community interventions in market development activities.</p></abstract>

This manuscript focuses on development assistance players' efforts to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate on projects of mutual interest. I target the case of the cross-sectoral and international Media Issues Group designed to reform and develop the media sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I identify and categorize variables that influenced interorganizational relationships to summarize lessons learned and potentially inform similar interventions. This work suggests that cooperation, coordination and collaboration are constrained by contextual, strategic and procedural variables. Through participant narrative based on observation and interviews, this work clarifies the nuances within these three sets of variables for potential extrapolation to other settings. Perhaps more importantly, it provides lessons learned that can inform future international community interventions in market development activities.

Media Reform and Development in Bosnia: An Interorganizational Account of the Media Issues Group

School of Management, Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

This manuscript focuses on development assistance players' efforts to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate on projects of mutual interest. I target the case...

Media Reform and Development in Bosnia: An Interorganizational Account of the Media Issues Group

Published Online: Jun 03, 2011

Page range: 85 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0008-9

Keywords
International Development, Cross-Sectoral Cooperation, Media in Bosnia

This content is open access.

Media Reform and Development in Bosnia: An Interorganizational Account of the Media Issues Group

Published Online: Jun 03, 2011

Page range: 85 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0008-9

KeywordsInternational Development, Cross-Sectoral Cooperation, Media in Bosnia

This content is open access.

Keywords
International Development, Cross-Sectoral Cooperation, Media in Bosnia