Market and efficiency-based strategic responses to environmental changes in the health care industry.
This study examined the linkages between perceived environmental changes in the health care industry, corresponding strategic adaptations, and their impact on select performance measures as reported by managers. Results from a sample of 187 hospitals indicate that efficiency-oriented strategy is chosen more often by organizations that perceive their industry environment to be relatively stable and certain while market-focused strategies are chosen more often by organizations that perceive greater environmental instability and uncertainty.
Kumar
Kamalesh
K
School of Management, The University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA.
Subramanian
Ram
R
Strandholm
Karen
K
D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012922:Social Change; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States