Employment of physicians by hospitals – typically referred to as vertical integration – has increased significantly. Received theories fail to explain a key fact: The extent of vertical integration in not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals is substantially higher than in for-profit (FP) hospitals....

Prior empirical research on US hospitals mostly concludes that ownership type – not-for-profit (NFP) versus for-profit (FP) – does not affect financial performance. This is surprising, in light of strong predictions from theories of NFP firm behavior. We revisit the issue with a...

"Summarizing the current state of knowledge on the links between business and climate change, this timely Handbook analyzes how businesses contribute to and are affected by climate change, looking closely at their centrality in developing and deploying solutions to address this problem....