Through time, spatial competition has become the natural environment for studying a
number of problems, ranging from product differentiation to mail order versus traditional …

We study the strategic relationship between hospital investment and provision of service
quality. We use a spatial competition framework and allow investment and quality to be …

The paper studies the incentive for providers to invest in new health care technologies under
alternative payment systems, when the patients' benefits are uncertain. If the reimbursement …

Watchfully waiting involves monitoring a patient's health state over time and deciding
whether to undertake a medical intervention, or to postpone it and continue observing the …

Purpose This survey explores the application of real options theory to the field of health
economics. The integration of options theory offers a valuable framework to address these …

In a complex environment, the managers of hospital organizations should take hard
decisions all the time. Therefore, tools and techniques, which seek to understand the past …

Enterprises need to identify the optimal timing for technological change in order to increase
competitiveness and increase the value of the company in an uncertain demanding …

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the evolution of studies of real options
theory in the health sector. For that, the present paper presents a study, which aims to …

The paper studies the incentive for providers to invest in new health care technologies under
alternative payment systems, when the patients' benefits are uncertain. If the reimbursement …

By the end of 2015, the global smart connected device market is expected to be worth USD
735.1 billion. PC usage is expected to decline from 28.7% in 2013 to 13% in 2017. Tablets …