this article tries to design and explain a model through which tv programs can result in institutionalization of the twenty- year vision deed (iran 2025). since the influence of television on cognitive, normative and regulative frameworks of the societies has a consolidated theoretical base, this research is looking for the indirect influences of this media on the institutionalization process o...

E-Commerce in least developing countries (LDCs) is believed to be non-existent because few businesses, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who are usually the vanguard of the LDCs economy, have adopted E-Commerce and even those that have, none have institutionalized the technology. Using structuration theory as a lens, this study attempts to provide an explanation as to what E-Commer...

have devoted increased scholarly attention to processes of institutionalization, or mechanisms by which organizational structures, policies, and practices acquire social legitimacy and ultimately become taken-for-granted as normatively appropriate in a population. From a neoinstitutional perspective, organizational structures and practices acquire legitimacy with an organization’s stakeholders ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although stroke units reduce mortality and institutionalization, their comparative cost-effectiveness is unknown. METHODS Healthcare, social services, and informal care costs were compared for 447 acute stroke patients randomly assigned to stroke unit, stroke team, or domiciliary stroke care. Prospective and retrospective methods were used to identify resource use over ...

Distinct models of health management reflect the core principles upon which they were founded and their institutional arrangement can lead to the improvement of health policy. This paper seeks to reflect on the potential benefits and limitations of the organizational structure and the social capital to lead to changes in the performance of public health organizations in the quest for enhanced q...