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The Role of Organisational Identity in Health Care Mergers: An NHS Example

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The Reform of Health Care

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Organisational change driven by mergers, acquisitions, demergers, spinoffs, collaborative networks and strategic alliances have been a common feature of organisational life internationally for the past two decades and increasingly so in health care provision. As health care providers the world over are exposed to competitive market forces, consolidation has become more prevalent as they seek to realise economies of scale in the context of tighter and tighter financial constraints.

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  1. Niamh Lennox-Chhugani
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  1. University of Birmingham, UK

    Helen Dickinson (Senior Lecturer) & Russell Mannion (Professor of Health Systems) (Senior Lecturer) &  (Professor of Health Systems)

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Lennox-Chhugani, N. (2012). The Role of Organisational Identity in Health Care Mergers: An NHS Example. In: Dickinson, H., Mannion, R. (eds) The Reform of Health Care. Organizational Behaviour in Health Care series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230355026_7

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