The aim of this paper is to provide empirical evidences supporting the definition of hospital wards’ boundaries in organisational designing processes, by suggesting services aggregation criteria that are focused on organisational complexity. In order to test the research hypotheses, a panel...

The relationship between governments and Third Sector is an important subject of public administration studies which attribute non-profit organizations (NPOs) the double function of welfare service delivery, and - according to a participatory governance model - participation in policies'...