Abstract
The term “competitive advantage” is increasingly used to describe business initiatives in healthcare and elsewhere. Yet only history can judge whether in fact an initiative did make a difference. Time must pass before the competitive impact of a particular product or service can be appropriately evaluated. Moreover, an apparent competitive advantage is difficult to sustain since it is limited by time until
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a competitor matches or exceeds the advantage
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a competitor’s advantage is matched or exceeded
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an advantage is regained
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Gabler, J.M. (1991). Information Systems: A Competitive Advantage for Managing Healthcare. In: Ball, M.J., O’Desky, R.I., Douglas, J.V., Albright, J.W. (eds) Healthcare Information Management Systems. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4043-1_21
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