Innovation and Reinvention in State Policymaking: Theory and the Evolution of Living Will Laws

Institutionalization, Framing, and Diffusion: The Logic of TQM Adoption and Implementation Decisions among U.S. Hospitals

“…In response to several calls for more attention to practice implementation (Ansari, Fiss, & Zajac, 2010;Cool, Dierickx, & Szulanski, 1997;Glick & Hays, 1991;Whitten & Collins, 1997;Zbaracki, 1998), a growing number of studies have argued for studying this issue by examining cases of partial or incomplete practice implementation, a phenomenon seen in the diffusion of practices such as civil rights legislation in the workplace (Edelman, 1992), long term incentive and stock repurchase plans (Westphal & Zajac, 1994, 1998, 2001, the staffing of recycling programs (Lounsbury, 2001), and accounting standards and financial control systems (Fiss & Zajac, 2006). This research has established a number of factors that influence the likelihood of incomplete implementation, but adoption motivation has yet to be linked to extent of implementation.…”

How Golden Parachutes Unfolded: Diffusion and Variation of a Controversial Practice

“…Particularly during the early period of practice diffusion, when there is limited information about the effectiveness of a new practice or when it is likely to generate political controversy, as golden parachutes did, we expect organizational decision makers to proceed more cautiously and incrementally with adoption (Mooney andLee 1999, Rice andRogers 1980). However, as more information about the practice becomes available, potential adopters are better able to understand the practice and which features are particularly problematic, and this knowledge should enable them to implement more extensive versions of a practice (Glick andHays 1991, Mooney andLee 1999).…”

Ubiquität, Interaktivität, Konvergenz und die Medienbranche

“…The concept of reinvention -mostly used in political science (see Charters / Pellegrin 1972;Goodman / Steckler 1989;Glick / Hays 1991;Hays 1996a;Hays 1996b; Lewis / Seibold 1996) -marks a first step to differentiate the adoption process, but has seldom been applied in communication science (see Schenk et al 1996;Höflich 1996Höflich , 1999. It extends the binary adoption decision by a possible change of the innovation during its implementation (see Charters / Pellegrin 1972;Downs 1976).…”

“…It extends the binary adoption decision by a possible change of the innovation during its implementation (see Charters / Pellegrin 1972;Downs 1976). Reinvention research mainly analyzes the factors abetting a high degree of modifications (see Glick / Hays 1991;Hays 1996aHays 1996bLewis / Seibold 1996;Majchrzak et al 2000;Orlikowski 1993;Rice / Rogers 1980;. Following these factors mobile communication services are predestined to reinvention.…”

“…The implications of personal influence on reinvention have not been analyzed yet. Nevertheless, some findings in reinvention research could be interpreted in this sense (see Glick / Hays 1991;Hays 1996b).…”