Dear colleague, I think you are right, especially in area's like innovation (open innovation literature is talking a lot about this) and business and society relationships (stakeholder theory and cross-sector partnership literature for instance). Please find enclosed an article in which we combine the two ideas in responsible open innovation, as businesses are more and more expected to contribute to society. Hope this helps.

Any discussion of whether collaboration as a strategy is now more relevant than competition must begin with a definition. Collective impact initiatives, communities of practice, knowledge partnerships, mergers, networks of practice, public–private partnerships, strategic alliances, and strategic co-funding, to name a few, are all examples of collaboration but they are not necessarily the best fit for all situations.

Article Building Communities of Practice

Article Building Networks of Practice

Article Learning in Strategic Alliances

Of course, in nowdays collaboration is very important in the business area because in the supply chain we need a lot of partnerships fo provide the best product or service for our final client and each part of this chain we need a partner as a strategy for be the best.