Marlin Dan, Huonker John W, Sun Minghe
Department of Management and Marketing, College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2002 Fall;27(4):18-29. doi: 10.1097/00004010-200210000-00003.
Membership in a particular strategic group, where a strategic group can be defined as groups of firms in an industry following similar competitive approaches and having similar market positions, defines the essentials of a firm's strategy. This study longitudinally examines the relationship between strategic group membership and performance in the hospital industry.