...Kari Nyland; Charlotte Morland; John Burns Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore two hospital departments, one of which is laterally dependent on the other to function, but which are subject to distinct vertical managerial controls. This complexity in vertical–lateral relations generates...

...Prof. Giuseppe Grossi and Assoc. Prof. Ileana Steccolini; Cristina Campanale; Lino Cinquini; Andrea Tenucci Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potentialities of innovative accounting tools in supporting “transparency” and “resource allocation” in public hospitals, by describing...

... hospital. Design/methodology/approach A simultaneous parallel mixed method design was adopted. This design builds on a health outcomes study that involves a retrospective cohort study of changes in participants' health status and mortality rates. Although a team of medical researchers conducted...