SMALL FIRM ADAPTATION: RESPONSES OF PHYSICIANS' ORGANIZATIONS TO REGULATORY AND COMPETITIVE UNCERTAINTY.
研究利用个体执业医生的数据，分析了小企业如何应对监管和竞争不确定性，提出了一个四格模型区分适应策略，发现适应是多维度的，且两种不确定性影响不同。
This study addressed the pattern of small organizations' adaptation responses to uncertainty in the regulatory and competitive sectors of their environment using data from physicians in solo practice. An existing general model of adaptation was modified to reflect small-firm work processes. The result is a four-cell model that distinguishes adaptive strategies in terms of their functional orientations and how firms pursue them--whether alone or in collaboration with other firms. Data analyses supported the propositions that adaptation in small firms is a multicomponent construct and that regulatory and competitive uncertainty differentially influence the adaptation process. Although individual relationships found among the sets of adaptation activities supported the contention that adaptation choices follow a hierarchical cost pattern, the overall fit of the model suggests modification of the theory in subsequent research efforts.