CAREER: The Impact of Interorganizational Network Evolution on Outcomes for Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

非政府组织(NGO)、政府和企业越来越多地致力于形成网络，以解决饥饿、贫困、疾病和环境退化等问题。跨组织网络使选民能够超越某些限制，朝着共同的目标努力。这项研究将社会网络分析方法与密集的评估相结合，以(A)产生一个可靠和有效的非政府组织能力的衡量标准，(B)检验一个非政府组织解决疾病和发展问题的能力取决于其与其他非政府组织、企业和政府组织的本地网络的共同假设。这项研究的结果将包括一个重要的非政府组织研究的新结果衡量标准。此外，该项目将确定与扩大非政府组织的服务范围、领导能力、人力资源能力、财务稳定性以及研究和宣传能力有关的合作类型。这应对更好地管理非政府组织产生实际影响。

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), governments, and businesses increasingly aim to form networks to address issues such as hunger, poverty, disease, and environmental degradation. Interorganizational networks enable constituencies to transcend some limitations and work toward common goals.This research combines social network analysis methods with intensive assessment to (a) produce a reliable and valid measure of NGO capacity, and (b) test the common presumption that an NGO's capacity to address problems of disease and development is dependent on its local network of relationships with other NGOs, businesses, and government organizations.The results of this study will include an important new outcome measure for NGO research. In addition, this project will identify the types of collaboration associated with increasing an NGO's scope of services, leadership strength, human resource capacity, financial stability, and research and advocacy capacity. This should have practical implications for better management of NGOs in context.