Evaluating the impact of legal change on non-profit and for-profit organizations: The case of the Israeli long term care insurance law

Public Management Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-189

  Schmid, Hillel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Home Care Services; Isomorphism; Neo Institutional; Resource Dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042518527     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670010029575     Document Type: Article

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