Fads, fashions, and bandwagons in health care strategy

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-102

  Kaissi, Amer A ^a   Begun, James W ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fads; Strategic behavior; Strategic management; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMITATION; MANAGER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GROUP PRACTICE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRACTICE VALUATION AND PURCHASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049114477     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000304498.97308.40     Document Type: Article

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