Focus as emphasis: Conceptual and performance implications for hospitals

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 616-626

  McDermott, Christopher M ^a   Stock, Gregory N ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical; Focus; Hospitals; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COST PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL; FOCUS; ITS EFFICIENCIES; LOWER COST; NEW YORK STATE; STRATEGY;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 79957532000     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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