Continuum of Collaboration Definitions
	Networking	Cooperation	Coordination	Collaboration
Relationship	-not deliberate	-only mutual agreement	-more formal agreement	-deliberately designed
Mission / Goals	-no common goals	-work together on joint goals -no commonly defined mission, structure or planning effort	-work together on program specific goals -more compatible missions	-solve common problems; -solutions emerge from dealing constructively with difference; -mutual benefit
Risk	-low risk	-limited risk	-limited risk	-high risk
Resource Sharing	-exchange of information	-some resources and rewards shared	-some resources and rewards shared	-shared risks, responsibilities, and rewards.
Investment	-short term	-limited	-limited	-sustained relationship and effort; -more durable and pervasive
Process	-none	-focussed	-focussed	-emergent

Taken from Factors Facilitating Interorganizational Collaboration. Vanessa J. McKendall, Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1996.