Market Corner Commentaries

Outcomes by Kristin Carey and David W. Johnson Competitive markets drive innovations in business efficiency and strategy. Twenty-five years… Read More

Policy Special Edition: Market Corner Commentary for March 29, 2017 Last Friday was supposed to be the shootout at… Read More

Consumerism In late January, I participated in an Oxford-style debate regarding whether healthcare is a commodity. The debate was… Read More

Outcomes Climbing the highest mountains requires organization, preparation and strategy. Scaling Mt. Everest is a full-scale expedition. Large teams… Read More

Innovation For the better part of a decade, I practiced inpatient hospital medicine at a large academic center (the… Read More

Innovation Insourcing is a time-honored practice employed by market-dominant companies. Rather than contract with external experts, companies dedicate internal… Read More

Economics Last September, Massachusetts-based Steward Health Care System announced that it would sell its 9 hospitals to Alabama-based Medical… Read More

Consumerism Professional football has long since surpassed baseball as America’s most popular sport. The NFL’s Super Bowl is a… Read More

Economics Rome wasn’t built in a day and didn’t collapse overnight. After centuries of growth, prosperity and domination, the… Read More