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An Alternative to Health Care M&A

Harvard Business Review

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. Knowledge management Mergers & acquisitions Collaboration Healthcare' But consolidation does not ensure integration.

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

Soft-wiring relies on more informal, organic, voluntary, temporary, or one-off instruments, such as an ad-hoc multi-dimensional task force, an annual corporate planning cycle, an advisory council, a central coordination function, or a company-wide knowledge management system. For example, the U.S. Don’t pretend.