Resource tangibility and patterns of interaction in a publicly funded health and human services network.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,  July, 2007  by Huang, Kun; Provan, Keith G.

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The role of government in the United States has changed over the past 10-15 years. Public services are now often provided by a complex network of partnerships, contracts, and alliances between government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses, rather than by hierarchical government bureaucracy.

The driving force behind the rise of public sector networks is the realization that policy problems, such as welfare, disaster relief, and environmental protection, are so complex in nature that no single hierarchical organization can solve them independently (Agranoff and McGuire ...

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