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'Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony', American Journal of Sociology, 83, pp. 340-63.
W. Richard Scott
- pp 493-516
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Sustainability reporting by Australian local government authorities
TL;DR: This article investigated the sustainability reporting practices of local government authorities in Western Australia through content analysis of their websites and found that sustainability reporting remains moderately practised by local governments, despite stakeholder demand for proactive disclosures.
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La generación de conocimiento en estrategia organizacional en Colombia.
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TL;DR: A continuidad de cuatro estudios previos auspiciados by Ascolfa sobre la investigacion en Administracion en Colombia, se caracteriza la produccion academica que sobre estema han realizado grupos de investigacion in el pais durante los anos recientes; e identifica enfoques, tendencias, aportes and vacios de la investigación as mentioned in this paper.
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Inhabited Institutions in New Destinations Local Sense-Making and Institutional Work in Community Response to New Immigration
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Management Accounting and Control in the Hospital Industry: A Review
TL;DR: An overview of the literature in management accounting and control systems (MACS) in the hospital industry is presented in this paper, where the authors present a variety of regulatory changes aimed at reducing healthcare costs and increasing access.
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