title: Myopia management: multihospital portfolio planning.
abstract: The acquisition and divestiture of organizational business units demonstrate management's strategy in response to an evolving marketplace. From a strategic perspective, the most significant danger to a corporation is not having the "right" portfolio of businesses or products to respond to the marketplace. This article describes a conceptual model that a multihospital system executive might use to determine the growth and diversification of the organization's portfolio of businesses. The model involves the application of market, financial, and microeconomic theories in a logical sequence to assist management in making business acquisition and divestiture decisions.
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007182:Income; D007449:Investments; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States