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Hospital alliances: cooperative strategy in a competitive environment
1Department of Health Services Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
Health Care Management Review
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The resource dependence perspective is used to describe the formation of hospital alliances. Characteristics of alliances and their various strategies and structures are discussed. A life cycle model provides a framework for viewing the development and growth of alliances. Several dimensions for assessing alliance performance are proposed.