Competition: Unlikely partnerships

Opportunities for practice and educational transformations through unlikely partnerships.

Public/Private Partnerships: Stimulating Competition in a Dynamic Market

We thank William L. Baldwin for helpful suggestions and comments, and we are also grateful for the extensive and thoughtful comments of an anonymous referee. Abstract This paper sets forth a public/private partnership competition policy that mitigates the appropriability problems associated with innovation that occur in a dynamic market when competitive pressures are present. We illustrate the ...

GAO-01-831 Aviation Competition: Restricting Airline Ticketing Rules Unlikely to Help Consumers

Passengers on the same commercial airline flight—sometimes even those in adjoining seats—may pay fares that vary widely. This fact has led to dissatisfaction by some passengers who believe their ticket prices are too high and that airline ticketing practices are unfair. In an effort to reduce their cost of flying, some passengers have attempted to use " hidden-city " and " back-to-back " ticket...

Listeria Meningitis: An Unlikely Pathogen in an Unlikely Host

Although a broad range of organisms must be considered in the diagnosis of infectious meningitis, viral and bacterial causes are most commonly observed. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis are some of the more commonly isolated pathogens in bacterial meningitis. This illness typically presents with a well-documented set of signs and symptoms. The followi...

Puzzling phosphorus: unlikely results.

CASE DESCRIPTION Discordant plasma phosphorus concentrations (Table 1) were obtained with 2 clinical instruments (concentration range, 4.5–23.8 mg/dL; reference interval, 2.5– 4.6 mg/dL) for a 50-year-old woman. Her medical history was positive for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, chronic kidney disease (stage 1), severe right heart failure, ascites, and thrombocytopenia. During hosp...