Advisory Committee Chair
Robert Weech-Maldonado
Advisory Committee Members
Larry Hearld
Anthony Hood
Mazi Rasulnia
Ferhat Zengul
Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2019
Degree Name by School
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) School of Health Professions
Abstract
In this three-paper dissertation, first, we examined the relationship between strategic group membership and hospital financial performance in terms of operating margin. The results revealed the important role of strategy on financial performance of a hospital. In the second paper, organizational and environmental antecedents of hospital’s business strategy choice were studied. The results showed that environmental and organizational factors may predict the business strategy choice of hospitals. The third paper investigated the moderating effect of environmental instability on the relationship between strategic group membership and financial performance. Environmental instability does not strongly affect the relationship between hospital strategic group membership and financial performance. The results of these studies may be useful for researchers as well as managers of hospitals to understand strategic positioning of hospitals.
Recommended Citation
Ghiasi, Akbar, "Competitive Strategies Of Hospitals: Antecedents And Association With Financial Performance" (2019). All ETDs from UAB. 1733.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/1733