The Shouldice Hospital Limited Q1) How successful was the Shouldice hospital and how do you account for its performance? Ans ) The success of a hospital which basically is a part of the service industry can be done in 2 ways - *<Tab/>The financial perspective *<Tab/>The service perspective Financial analysis : Total market Nos of operations in US = 600000 ( in 1979 assuming it is the same in 1983) Nos of operations …showed first 75 words of 2194 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2194 total…D programs to develop expertise in related or similar fields. The Hospital can start expanding by coming up with a new Hospital in Canada itself, and later in other places in U.S. The Hospitals can start treatments in the area of core expertise and add on to the newly developed expertise with time. This would help Shouldice in expanding its market base in phases and increase its current share in treating external hernia cases.