Isomorphic pressures, institutional strategies, and knowledge creation in the health care sector

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Yang, Chen Wei ^a   Fang, Shih Chieh ^b   Huang, Wei Min ^c  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health care sector; Institutional strategies; Isomorphic pressures; Knowledge creation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547690962     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000281627.22526.ee     Document Type: Article

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