Regulatory reforms across European countries have attempted to increase consumer welfare by introducing competition and choice into public service markets. But it has been questioned whether reforms have benefited all people equally, suggesting that vulnerable groups of service users are...

There is a heightened lack of clarity and understanding about the new U.S. business forms both in terms of theory and practice, especially with regard to relative priorities of social good (or the absence thereof), decision-making, and meaningful accountability thereto (or the lack thereof). As...

This work shows some aspects of the relation between for-profits and nonprofits hospitals in the realm of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). We emphasize the for-profit and not-for-profit orientations of the hospitals rather than focusing on the usual private versus public dichotomy. By...

The for-profit hospital is in the minority numerically in all developed countries. Although the for-profits' market share has been quite stable for decades, for-profit chains have grown in share and influence in the United States. By contrast, for-profit chains have made few inroads in other...

This paper takes as its unit of analysis the disclosure of an invention by an academic scientist to the university technology transfer office and examines the factors that lead some inventions to be licensed by firms while others are not. The analyses show that inventors' academic output, as...