Environmental and organizational predictors of adoption of cost containment policies in hospitals

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This study examined predictors of the adoption of cost containment policies in a national sample of 303 not-for-profit hospitals. Analysis of the full sample indicated that adoption of such policies was positively related to response to external regulation, cooperative interorganizational involvement, external orientation, number of beds, occupancy rate, and the influence of chief administrators on governing boards; adoption was negatively related to length of patients' stays. Additional exploratory analysis of the data revealed different combinations of characteristics that were unique to subgroups of hospitals with the lowest and highest levels of policy adoption. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Networks within networks: service link overlap, organizational cliques, and network effectiveness

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This study explored the use of clique analysis for explaining network effectiveness. In data from networks of mental health agencies in three cities, effectiveness, measured as client outcomes, was negatively related to the integration of full networks. In contrast, effectiveness was positively related to integration among small cliques of agencies when these cliques had overlapping links through both reciprocated referrals and case coordination. The findings have implications for both theory and research, demonstrating the value of studying network clique structure and developing clique-based explanations of network behavior and outcomes. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Interorganizational dependence and control as predictors of opportunism in dealer-supplier relations

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This study examines Williamson's (1975) concept of opportunism in relations between farm and power equipment dealers and their primary supplier organization. Results from a national survey generally support hypotheses predicting that dealer opportunism will be negatively related to dealer dependence on a primary supplier and positively related to supplier control over dealer decisions. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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