Cristofoli, Daniela Macciò, Laura 2013-11-11 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 understanding how they perform, how to measure their performance and what affects their results. Firstly, this dissertation aims to review the different concepts and measures of network performance and proposes a reliable measure following a multidimensional approach. Secondly, it deals with the in-depth study of the relationships among the four main determinants of network effectiveness: contextual characteristics, structural characteristics, functioning characteristics and network manager. Results confirm that public networks can improve their ability to survive in the long term and achieve their goals through a combination of proper structural, managerial and functioning characteristics. application/pdf https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/318575 https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1318575 https://susi.usi.ch/documents/318575/files/2013ECO011.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:rero-006-112545 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1318575 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined Public networks Service delivery networks Public network performance Public network effectiveness Multidimensional model Performance determinants Governance forms Managerial roles Coordination mechanisms Structural equation modelling Multiple case study info:eu-repo/classification/udc/33 Do public networks really work? : An essay on public network performance and its determinants http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06