Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a best innovation practices framework analyzing the innovation process in firms from the most innovative and the less innovative sectors. Design/methodology/approach – This case study uses an intense review of literature in the field of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how clinical handoffs affect clinical information quality (IQ) and medication administration quality. Design/methodology/approach – A case study was conducted in a US hospital. The authors applied a business process management (BPM)...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the application of the PSE model (perceived barriers to market entry; strategy competence; entry strategy) for market entry. Design/methodology/approach – The PSE model is presented and illustrated by Ericsson's entry into the mobile systems...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a simple model to demonstrate how a trade‐off between incomplete contract distortions and excessive governance costs determine an agricultural firm's organizational choices. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, it is argued that the...

Purpose – In the USA, private insurance companies serve as an integral part of the delivery and risk sharing of the federal crop insurance program. Governed by the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA), private crop insurance companies must designate an eligible crop insurance contract to the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a new model to empirically analyze retail pricing dynamics led by the competition between retailers, using fluid milk markets of three US metropolitan areas as a case study. The research is important for Chinese public policy makers to find the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of direct government payments on agricultural production and exports in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Alternative regression models are estimated using the time‐series data of 1960 to 2010 from ERS/USDA to address the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply the Becker‐Murphy theory of rational addiction to the case of carbonated soft drinks. The research aims to reveal the rational addiction evidence of carbonated soft drinks and derive policy implications under this evidence. Consumers' rational...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the market impacts of US biofuels and biofuel policies. Design/methodology/approach – Two methods of analysis are employed. The first method looks back in time and estimates what US crop prices would have been during the 2005 to 2009...

This is a case study of USA‐Japan intercultural communication, analyzing a one‐hour meeting between a US manager, a Japanese manager and a Japanese junior staff member of a US company operating in Japan. The study focuses on miscommunication caused by pragmatic transfer from Japanese,...