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Governance, management and performance in public networks: How to be successful in shared-governance networks

Cristofoli, Daniela ; Markovic, Josip ; Meneguzzo, Marco

In: Journal of Management & Governance, 2014, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 77-93

The irony of networks

Markovic, Josip ; Cristofoli, Daniela (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2015 ; 2015ECO002.

By the end of the 1970s, it became evident that hierarchies were not always the most efficient and effective solution for complex problems in increasingly plural and fragmented societies. During the last 40 years governance structures and practices in the public sector have shifted towards new logics that direct the way the public sector is functioning. This dissertation deals with use of ...

Do public networks really work? : An essay on public network performance and its determinants

Macciò, Laura ; Cristofoli, Daniela (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013ECO011.

Since the early Nineties, public networks have been placed centre stage to solve “wicked” problems and are considered the multi-organizational arrangement ‘par excellence’ to achieve solutions that are difficult to obtain by individual organizations. Despite this euphoria on networks as the best solution, in 1997 O’Toole’s call to “treat networks seriously” implied...