title: Consolidation and its consequences.
abstract: A small market place dominated by large companies is becoming the new business environment for the industry. But this will not result in stasis. Large companies will continually analyse and restructure their portfolios and niche companies will emerge and be acquired. This article explores current industry dynamics and their effects.
authors.affiliation: Inman Consulting, Geneva, Switzerland. dinman@iprolink.ch
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authors.lastname: Inman
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004465:Economic Competition; D005060:Europe; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States