In this paper we analyse the observed systematic differences in costs for teaching hospitals (TH henceforth) in Spain. Concern has been voiced regarding the existence of a bias in the financing of TH s has been raised once prospective budgets are in the arena for hospital finance, and claims for...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand whether the innovative effort of organizations increases or decreases over time, especially when the competitive environment is changing, as has been the case in the current economic downturn. For this reason, the objective of this article...