Cooperative forms of policy implementation bear the promise of being an answer to the policy delivery challenge resulting from policy growth, with the quality of network management often rated as a key success factor. The positive relationship between network management and performance in networks, however, is primarily supported by theoretical reasoning rather than empirical evidence. The present study empirically investigates this relationship in the context of rapid policy growth resulting from a change in the governance structure in the field of smoking prevention in Switzerland. The results of the analyzed 13 Swiss smoking prevention networks and the 187 associated projects show that network management improves the performance of new policy projects by facilitating access to implementing partners and target groups, but has no impact on output delivery in existing interventions. The study shows that networks, if actively managed, can be a means to ensure adequate enforcement in the context of increasing numbers of new policies.

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齐心协力：在政策突然增长的背景下，网络管理是否会对协作实施绩效产生影响？


政策实施的合作形式有望成为应对政策增长带来的政策交付挑战的答案，而网络管理的质量通常被视为关键的成功因素。然而，网络管理和网络性能之间的正相关关系主要是由理论推理而不是经验证据支持的。本研究在瑞士预防吸烟领域治理结构变化导致政策快速增长的背景下实证研究了这种关系。对 13 个瑞士预防吸烟网络和 187 个相关项目的分析结果表明，网络管理通过促进实施伙伴和目标群体的参与提高了新政策项目的绩效，但对现有干预措施的产出交付没有影响。研究表明，如果积极管理网络，可以成为确保在新政策数量不断增加的情况下充分执行的一种手段。