 Will Mandated Network Steering do the Trick? A Balanced Assessment of the Belgian Network “Crossroads Bank for Enterprises”Simon Vander Elst and Filip de Rynck International Review of Public Administration, 2013, vol. 18, issue 2, 47-63 Abstract: This article assesses and explains the performance of the Belgian network of the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE), representing the mandated “network administrative organization form” (Kenis and Provan, 2009). We address the following questions: To what degree is the mandated network able to reduce the complexity that arises from the fragmented nature of public service delivery? Does the hierarchical nature of the mandate help to obtain the desired production, process, and regime performance? What is the impact of the hybrid nature of the arrangement on the performance? Could this analysis help us to improve the performance assessment of types of networks? To cope with these questions, we apply the framework of Voets et al. (2010) to the case of the CBE. Although partly successful and effective, the network did not generate the desired outputs. Explanations for the lack of performance are found in the complex process of interacting network dimensions. Date: 2013 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:18:y:2013:i:2:p:47-63 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2013.10805252 Access Statistics for this article International Review of Public Administration is currently edited by Ralph Brower More articles in International Review of Public Administration from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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