This paper discusses current administrative reforms in the Swedish Health Care System. More specifically, changes in cost accounting, principles for resource allocation and criteria for evaluation of results in health care. Diverse and still developing models are reviewed and discussed in the...

The aim of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework for the study of adoption of new methods, techniques and ideas concerning organizing and control of activities in organizations. A short review is made of the main stream in research on innovations. It is argued that the main...