title: Stakeholder supportiveness and strategic vulnerability: implications for competitive strategy in the HMO industry.
abstract: A conceptual and empirical analysis of the strategic vulnerability of HMOs shows that they are strategically vulnerable on the social dimension of stakeholder supportiveness. One of the major implications of this finding is that HMOs' cost leadership strategy cannot be sustained, given the competition from such substitutes as PPAs.
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Nix
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Savage
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States