The Implementation Model

Abstract

This chapter presents our own model of implementation. Using a simulation software, we build a fully functional model from the variables and behavioral assumptions established in all previous chapters. The model’s main components are first, a depiction of the process and of a ministerial hierarchy, and second, a rendition of actors and the way they interact. The process and the hierarchy can both be regarded as level variables. In the case of a hierarchy, these are levels of participation, and in the case of the process, these levels are degrees of completion of stages. The second block of model components introduces the true break with existing models. Actors and interaction are captured through representations of actors’ behavior: cooperation, disruptive behavior, activity, risk taking, and risk averseness. Having set up the model, the chapter proceeds to test eight scenarios and a practical application (EU ETS).