Network organisation

What the publications show

1. Dutch sources report that the governance of regional care networks lags behind the agreements made. RIVM, the Dutch public health institute, sees no central governance in over 60 per cent of the regions set up under the Integrated Care Agreement (IZA), and the University of Groningen (RUG) found a governance model able to grow with the network in none of 142 initiatives.

   RIVM, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health (RUG) and Hanze, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Zorgakkoorden.nl, 2026 (opens in a new window)

2. Studies in England and Germany find that top-down steering crowds out collaboration in networks. In the English NHS, most regional health bodies held on to their decision-making powers, and in Germany fragmented funding and legislation hold the networks back.

   London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Technische Universität Dresden, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Liverpool John Moores University, 2025 (opens in a new window)

3. Research on what makes networks grow keeps naming the same conditions: sustained commitment and leadership, tangible added value for participants and a shared sense of urgency. In an action research study by HAN University of Applied Sciences, three Dutch networks each moved up one development stage.

   Technische Universität Dresden, 2026 (opens in a new window) · HAN University of Applied Sciences, 2026 (opens in a new window)

4. In industrialised housebuilding, the network of design, factory and assembly fits poorly with central contract management. Tampere University saw parties bridging that gap informally; workshops by Virginia Tech pointed to coordinating training, financing and regulation.

   Tampere University, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Virginia Tech, 2026 (opens in a new window)

5. One publication, the Chemelot Cluster Plan, describes an industrial cluster where the Dutch cabinet and companies decide together, because the departure of a single company directly affects its neighbours.

   Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei and Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, 2026 (opens in a new window)

Topics within network organisation

This list shows what the publications on this theme are about, with the number for each topic. Open a topic to see its publications; if a topic has a briefing, the link is underneath.

• Regional care networks6 publications

  • Samen werken aan de beweging van zorg naar gezondheid en welzijn. Derde meting voor de monitoring van het IZA en van het GALA (RIVM-rapport 2026-0060) · RIVM, 2026
  • Regionale zorg: fundament ontbreekt · Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health (RUG) and Hanze, 2026
  • Opdracht voor de werkagenda. Samenwerking zorg en sociaal domein voor D5 AZWA (versie 20 april 2026) · Zorgakkoorden.nl, 2026
  • Raadgever Aanvullend Zorg- en Welzijnsakkoord (AZWA) · VNG, 2026
  • Facilitators and barriers to sustainable regional health networks: governance lessons from a multi-case study in Germany · Technische Universität Dresden, 2026
  • Involving Citizens in Integrated Care. Lessons Learned Through Participatory Action Research in Three Communities in the Netherlands · HAN University of Applied Sciences, 2026
  Briefing: Governing regional care networks and the AZWA work agenda →
• Accountability in networks3 publications

  • Accountability displacement in health systems integration: A study of the English National Health Service · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2026
  • Emerging challenges in integrated care system leadership: a qualitative case study · Liverpool John Moores University, 2025
  • Facilitators and barriers to sustainable regional health networks: governance lessons from a multi-case study in Germany · Technische Universität Dresden, 2026
• Industrial construction chain3 publications

  • Delivery-system misfit and role reconfiguration in industrialised timber construction: a phase-sensitive analysis of a turnkey project · Tampere University, 2026
  • Expanding Housing-Production Capacity in Appalachia: Participatory Pathways for Industrialized Off-Site Construction (IOC) · Virginia Tech, 2026
  • Afsprakenbrief: woningbouw sneller, goedkoper en duurzamer via industrieel bouwen · Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting en Ruimtelijke Ordening, 2026
  Briefing: Factory-built housing: spare capacity and a slow planning phase →

Briefings on this theme

Where several organisations publish roughly the same thing on a topic, we have used AI to compile a briefing. Click a card for the key point, the figures with their sources and what it means for the leadership team.

Briefings on other themes that touch on this one

These briefings belong to another theme but also cover network organisation.