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In response to significant political, governmental, and socioeconomic changes affecting the health care industry, health care organizations are forming a wide variety of loosely coupled interorganizational arrangements. In this article, loosely coupled forms are classified according to the extent to which they are designed to achieve strategic purposes. The quasi firm is defined as a loosely coupled arrangement created to achieve long-lasting and important strategic purposes. Mechanisms that are needed to ensure the continuity of quasi firms are explored, and an agenda for further research is given. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
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This paper examines the manager-shareholder relationship through agency and transaction cost theories. The literature of those theories suggests several incentives and monitoring methods that may control opportunistic behavior among managers. Ten hypotheses are proposed concerning those incentives and monitoring methods, and methodological suggestions are made to motivate research regarding the congruence of managerial and shareholder interests. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
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Although the effect of formal strategic planning on organization effectiveness remains an unresolved issue, a systematic critical review of 18 relevant empirical studies allows valuable insights into the planning-performance controversy. The analysis discloses controllable methodological inconsistencies and contingency variable interactions, an awareness of which can improve research designs. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
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