title: Corporate political strategy: incorporating the management of public policy issues into hospital strategy.
abstract: Hospitals engage in a variety of strategies designed to anticipate, shape, and respond to public policy issues. This article describes corporate political strategy and argues for its need throughout a public policy issue's life cycle.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Management, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bigelow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arndt
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004465:Economic Competition; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States