Intrapreneurship: growing a successful hospital diversification strategy.
The recent upheaval in the health care industry has left administrators scrambling after strategies that will ensure their organizations' survival. The author discusses Affiliated Healthcare Systems' successful use of a diversification strategy. Special attention is given to explaining how other organizations might use this system's experience to reduce the risks and increase the rewards inherent in this strategic alternative.
D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008281:Maine; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States