We examine the likelihood of collaboration between NGOs and business in persistent intense social contexts. Using social capital theory and the institutional void literature, we argue that an NGO’s stakeholder relations act as a valuable resource in the formation of the organization’s social capital and raise its potential value as a legitimate business partner relative to NGOs with weak or few relations. These relations, however, are moderated by the persistent intense social context in which the NGO finds itself. Using Mexican data, we find that the positive relationship between stakeholder interactions and the likelihood of NGO–business collaboration is weakened by greater poverty (ties are more difficult to establish) and strengthened by corruption (ties provide a trust signal).

我们研究了非政府组织和企业在持续紧张的社会环境中合作的可能性。使用社会资本理论和制度空白文献，我们认为非政府组织的利益相关者关系在组织社会资本的形成过程中是一种宝贵的资源，并提高了其作为合法商业伙伴相对于关系薄弱或很少的非政府组织的潜在价值。然而，这些关系被非政府组织所处的持续紧张的社会环境所缓和。使用墨西哥的数据，我们发现利益相关者互动与非政府组织与企业合作可能性之间的积极关系因贫困加剧（联系更难建立）而减弱，腐败加剧（联系提供信任信号）。