When physicians' conflicts of interest arise from ties with drug firms, we should shift our focus to the pharmaceutical industry and improper dependencies that cause institutional corruption. This article analyzes eight forms of improper dependencies on pharma and proposes reforms.

An online survey of institutional repository (IR) managers identified copyright clearance trends in staffing and workflows. The majority of respondents followed a mediated deposit model, and reported that library personnel, instead of authors, engaged in copyright clearance activities for IRs. The most common “information gaps” pertained to the breadth of information in copyright directories li...

Responses from UHCC Strategic Planning Council Spring 2009 Responses ascending value within characteristics The Community College Inventory provides descriptions of eleven characteristics that are strongly focused on student success -that is student persistence, learning and attainment. Related to each characteristic is a set of indicators that more fully describe observable institutional pract...

Purpose – Web sites are typically designed attending to a variety of criteria. However, web site structure determines browsing behavior and way-finding results. The aim of this study is to identify the main profiles of web sites’ organizational structure by modeling them as graphs and considering several social network analysis features. Design/methodology/approach – A case study based on 80 in...

JVlANY GRADUATE PROGRAMS in hospital administration do not have courses in multi-institutional structure, but refer only tangentially to this expanding segment of our healthcare delivery system. The administrative residency offers an excellent opportunity to study multi-institutional systems from within. This article shall define a prototype for the residency experience within a particular type...

When integrated with key organizational characteristics, institutional theory can yield new insights to understand differences between firms’ strategies. We propose that a company’s functional organization and internal power structure influence its facility managers’ sensitivity to and interpretation of institutional pressures. Combining over 500 responses from an original survey with existing ...

Article history: Received 31 December 2013 Received in revised form 17 April 2015 Accepted 20 April 2015 Available online 25 April 2015 This paper investigates how cross-country variations in institutional variables affect the relationship between rating changes and firms' capital structure adjustment. Our results demonstrate first that the asymmetric effect exists, that is, firms adjust their ...

Rural exodus is a significant issue for the livelihood of outback communities. Institutional arrangements structure the incentives for a community's viability and stability. This study investigated the institutional arrangements related to natural resource management and social processes in the Etheridge Shire (Queensland, Australia) through qualitative research and quantitative modelling. The ...