Search for: [Abstract = "The identification and analysis of value chains is a way to find the sources of an organization's in\-\/efficiency, and an opportunity to explore how an organization is managed. Having in mind that an \"organization network\" is a form similar, in its functioning, to a separate organization, one may, using the value chain concept, investigate the management of local activity programmes, as of the networks they are. The researched partnerships introduced a management innovation, in that the social service provision organizations were brought together to form one chain. \[...\]"]