International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Strategic Management in the Healthcare Sector: The Debate About the Resource-Based View Flourishes in Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors
Ewan Ferlie 1
Tessa Crilly 2
Ashok Jashapara 3
Susan Trenholm 1
Anna Peckham 4
Graeme Currie 5
1 Department of Management, King’s College London, London, UK
2 Crystal Blue Consulting Ltd., London, UK
3 School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK
4 Independent Librarian, Kent, UK
5 Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
10.15171/ijhpm.2015.205
Keywords
Healthcare Organizations
Resource Based View
Knowledge Mobilization
Strategic Management

There is increasing interest in – and debate about – the extent to which key concepts from the resource-based view (RBV) of the Firm school of strategic management can be usefully applied to study knowledge mobilization (KM) processes in healthcare and other public services settings.1-3 This transfer process is an interesting example of how a school of thought originally developed in private sector settings helps in understanding how publicly funded healthcare organizations behave, although its concepts may still require adaptation as they cross-sectoral boundaries... (Read more...)

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  • Received Date 14 November 2015
  • Revised Date 29 November 2015
  • Accepted Date 24 November 2015
  • First Published Date 01 February 2016
  • Published Date 01 February 2016