Dark Networks as Organizational Problems: Elements of a TheoryFootnote¹

Earlier versions of this paper were presented in 2005 at the EGOS conference in Berlin and the 8th Public Management Research Conference at University of Southern California in Los Angeles. We would like to thank Mahabat Baimyrzaeva, Deborah Diamond, Patrick Kenis, Renate Mayntz, Ken Meier, Larry O'Toole, Keith Provan, and those who attended seminars where versions of this paper were presented at Harvard University, the Naval Postgraduate School, Tilburg University, and University of Southern California. The authors would like to acknowledge the help they received from John Tidd, a visiting professor, and Matthew Kennedy, a graduate student, both at the School of Public Administration and Policy, University of Arizona.

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