title: Corporate focus. Breaking up isn't hard to do.
abstract: Baxter International's new spin-off--the Allegiance Corp.--thinks it can make money by persuading customers to use fewer supplies. Is that any way to run a business? New CEO Lester Knight, for one, thinks so. Does he know something you don't?
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lumsdon
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D007087:Illinois; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*