Over one-half of the states have enacted corporate constituency statutes, which permit managers to consider the interest of non-shareholder "stakeholders" in the corporation -- parties such as employees, customers, suppliers, and/or the local community. These statutes set the usual corporate law...

Vertical and horizontal integration has transformed the organization and delivery of health services, with hundreds of systems or networks providing a range of services to regional populations by the late 1990s. The advantages and disadvantages of vertical integration are well known in other...