II. Program/task difficulty
Resource dependency
The ratio of financial resources needed for accomplishing programs/tasks to the total local government annual budget. For example, the figure of 0 means there is no need for financial resources, whereas 50% means total resources required is equivalent to half of annual budget.
Task complexity
Dummy for having standard procedures for collaboration, where 1 = Having standard procedures
for collaborative tasks, 0 = Otherwise
Stakeholder multiplicity: The degree of stakeholder heterogeneity in the network. The higher index value, the more homogeneity of stakeholders, the less degree of value conflicts in the operation of networks, the less degree of task complexity. This index is constructed from the HHI, ranging from 0.16 to 1.0
Dummy for response to emerging problems: 1 = Response to emerging problems, 0 = Otherwise