This dissertation examined how complexity theory might offer insight into the behavior of a population of large-scale networked organizational groups. Academic medical centers (AMCs), a large-scale social and policy system that plays a key role in the education of physicians, the conduct of...

Distribution tables have become ubiquitous to the tax policy debates surrounding major legislative initiatives to change tax law at the federal level. The fairness of any proposed change to federal tax policy has become one of the most highlighted components of tax policy discussions. The...

The purpose of this dissertation is the delineation of a new approach, or, more precisely, a new âroleâ and âmethodological system,â for those persons engaged in building and managing multi-actor structures, or ânetworks,â for the purpose of policy implementation. As policy formulation and...