This paper presents empirical and theoretical findings about the endogenous dynamics ofinterorganisational knowledge networks. Based on a qualitative study of intercommunalknowledge networks in local employment policy a model of knowledge network life cycles isoutlined, empirically illustrated,...

Practitioners and scholars of public administration currently seem to have overcome comprehensive reform strategies and are focusing their attention on minor changes in public administration that generate short-term outcomes with lower transactional costs. In that sense, many have argued that...

To what extent does a more competent public bureaucracy contribute to better economic outcomes? We address this question in the context of the US federal procurement of services and works, by combining contract-level data on procurement performance and bureau-level data on competence and...