Broadening focus: Spillovers, complementarities, and specialization in the hospital industry

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 708-722

  Clark, Jonathan R ^a   Huckman, Robert S ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Effectiveness performance; Healthcare; Hospitals; Operational focus; Organizational studies; Productivity; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR CARE; CLINICAL PERFORMANCE; COMMON RESOURCES; COMPLEMENTARITIES; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; ECONOMIES OF SCOPE; EFFECTIVENESS-PERFORMANCE; MARGINAL BENEFIT; OPERATING UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; POSITIVE SPILLOVERS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; REDUCED COMPLEXITY; SPILLOVERS;

HEALTH CARE; PRODUCTIVITY;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84861381885     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1448     Document Type: Article

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