Abstract:

To promote the development of the industry and establish a standardized market economic order, it is necessary to actively promote the co-governance of business associations and governments.But co-governance is relatively underdeveloped in the literature.Drawing on the theory of network models, the co-governance models of business associations and governments can be divided into three types: cooperation, coordination, and collaboration.Empirical research on association A in S city finds that there are significant differences in the duration of existence, objectives and prospects, structural linkages, formality, and the expectation of risk and benefit of different co-governance models, which are applicable to different situations and needs.The co-governance of business associations and governments is inseparable from specific institutional conditions and interaction conditions and the degree of resource dependence.The completeness of interactive rules, the expectation of interests, and strategic abilities jointly shape co-governance models.The framework of pluralistic models are conducive to understanding the complexity and diversity of the co-governance practice of business associations and governments in China.They can also provide a useful reference for the establishment of a benign interactive government-business association relationship after a decoupling reform.

Key words: co-governance of business associations and governments, pluralistic models, cooperation, coordination, collaboration