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- Andersson, Svante, 1962-, et al.
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Sustainable development considerations in supply chains : Firms' relationships with stakeholders in their business sustainability practices—A triangular comparison
- 2022
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Ingår i: Business Strategy and the Environment. - Oxford : John Wiley & Sons. - 0964-4733 .- 1099-0836. ; 32:4, s. 1885-1899
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study aims to investigate focal firms' business sustainability relationships in connection with their stakeholders in supply chain networks. A questionnaire survey was sent to a sample consisting of large Swedish firms, with 107 usable questionnaires returned. The results reveal which stakeholders are of interest for firms in sustainability efforts. The results are compared with earlier findings from Norway and Spain in a triangular approach. The former is a similar country, while the latter is different to Sweden in several ways. In addition, the study uncovers which stakeholders in the supply chain network should be considered. The study also demonstrates how firms can implement business sustainability in their supply chain networks and shows the extent to which different stakeholders are considered in sustainability efforts. The study contributes to sustainability research and stakeholder theory in supply chain networks. Opposite to earlier findings, this study showed only minor influences from national culture and institutions on firms' sustainable business practices in supply chain networks. © 2022 The Authors. Business Strategy and The Environment published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Andersson, Svante, 1962-, et al.
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Sustainable development—Direct and indirect effects between economic, social, and environmental dimensions in business practices
- 2022
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Ingår i: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. - Oxford : John Wiley & Sons. - 1535-3958 .- 1535-3966. ; 29:5, s. 1158-1172
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates the direct and indirect effects between economic, social and environmental dimensions of triple bottom line (TBL), based on a questionnaire survey and cross-industrial sample in Sweden. The analyses apply partial least squares structural equation models. The study tests the direct and indirect effects between economic, social, and environmental dimensions of TBL and offers additional validity and reliability to establish the measurement and structural properties between the dimensions of TBL. The study extends earlier findings by explicitly discussing how the three TBL goals relate to each other and shows how the dynamic capability view can be a fruitful lens to investigate business sustainability. Some differences in sustainability business practices caused by differences in national cultures are identified. Sustainability reporting in a strong uncertainty avoidance (UA) country happens in accordance with regulations and laws. Conversely, for weak UA cultures, reporting and compliance with regulations are ways to build trust with stakeholders. That is, reporting is more transparent and widespread in weak UA countries. The study also provides a foundation to guide companies' actions of business sustainability. The model shows companies how to establish the order of actions undertaken across economic, social, and environmental dimensions. In addition, it clarifies that the economic dimension exerts an effect on the social and environmental dimensions. The model also grasps long-term economic performance by including competitiveness and brand value, while earlier research mainly has focused on more short-term measurements as return on assets. © 2022 The Authors. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Hidefjäll, Patrik, 1964-, et al.
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Institutional logics and the adoption and implementation of remote patient monitoring
- 2023
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Ingår i: Innovation: Organization & Management. - Melbourne : Taylor & Francis. - 1447-9338 .- 2204-0226.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Remote patient monitoring (RPM) of chronic diseases represents a care modality with great potential to substantially improve outcomes and reduce hospital admission and costs to society. Empirical research has examined the processes of RPM adoption and implementation; however, implementation of RPM - a complex technological and health service innovation - remains challenging. Various analytical frameworks have tried to understand the conditions for successful adoption and implementation of RPM and other complex healthcare innovations. This conceptual study argues that incorporation of lessons from literature on institutional logics could enrich these frameworks. Healthcare is a domain influenced by multiple competing, collaborating or co-existing institutional logics such as professional, state, market, corporate and increasingly a community logic, expressed in patient-centred care principles. We outline the concept of patient-centred care as an emerging institutional logic and explore how to incorporate it into two widely used analytical frameworks, NASSS ('non-adoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability') and normalisation process theory (NPT). The main benefit of adding an institutional logics approach to the NPT framework is primarily to increase awareness of how institutional logics at meso-and macro-levels may affect the scope of implementation at a micro-level. In the case of the NASSS framework institutional logics provides a rationale for achieving cross-level alignment between domains.
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- Johansson, Jeaneth, 1968-, et al.
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Business model innovation in the Scandinavian MedTech Industry
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Ingår i: 6th International Conference on Business Research. ; , s. 14-15
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study, rooted in the context of ICBR 2023, delves into the Scandinavian health innovation and healthcare sector, renowned for its progressive approaches to societal well-being. We examine value creation through business model innovation in the digital health sector, aligning with the forward-thinking nature of Scandinavian healthcare within the project MetaRoad funded by the financier KK-foundation. Navigating the complex journey of healthcare innovation, we address challenges posed by the integration of information-driven care and precision health. Information-driven care, emphasizing data and technology for enhanced patient outcomes. Precision health, tailoring treatment to individual characteristics, presents implementation challenges requiring careful consideration of resource allocation and accessibility.Building on recent literature, we contribute by focusing on how business model innovation unfolds in practice within the Scandinavian health innovation sector. We emphasize the role of institutional arrangements, the rules shaping resource integration, and the value-creation processes. Applying an institutional logic perspective, we investigate MedTech firms grappling with information-driven care and precision health in their business model innovations. Historical contexts and established institutional structures in the region play a pivotal role, offering nuanced insights into the collaborative approach needed for successful innovation.Through a multi-case study involving early-stage MedTech companies and healthcare organizations in the Scandinavian healthcare landscape, we employ a grounded theory building approach. Interviews and workshops with company representatives and healthcare organization aligns with the conference theme's emphasis on research and development.This study contributes to the discourse on value creation through innovation by unravelling coping mechanisms for misalignments in institutional logics during business model innovation in the Scandinavian health innovation sector. Our findings, rooted in the micro foundations of these misalignments, offer valuable insights for the evolving landscape of digital health solutions, contributing to collaborative efforts driving wealth creation at both organizational and national levels.
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- Karlsson, Niklas P.E. 1985-, et al.
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A cross-country comparison and validation of firms’ stakeholder considerations in sustainable business practices
- 2018
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Ingår i: Corporate Governance. - Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1472-0701 .- 1758-6054. ; 18:3, s. 408-424
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare and validate firms’ internal and external stakeholder considerations in sustainable business practices across business settings. It aims to assess the validity and reliability of a stakeholder framework appearing in previous studies.Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a questionnaire survey and a cross-industry sample consisting of the largest firms in corporate Sweden. Multivariate analysis tests the stakeholder framework. Each of the 294 key informants was initially identified and contacted by telephone, generating a response rate of 36.5 per cent.Findings: The tested stakeholder framework appears valid and reliable across countries to assess the internal stakeholders of focal firms, as well as their up- and downstream, market and societal stakeholders. This study provides additional empirical support to categorize firms’ stakeholder considerations in sustainable business practices.Research limitations/implications: This study validates previous findings in terms of Swedish firms’ considerations of internal and external stakeholders in sustainable business practices in relation to one similar country (Norway) and one different country (Spain). The study also shows how the three countries perceive the focal company and societal stakeholders differently. Practical implications: The tested framework sheds light on focal firms’ stakeholder considerations in sustainable business practices and elucidates the extent to which firms’ account for their internal and external stakeholders in sustainable business practices.Originality/value: This study contributes to the development of valid and reliable stakeholder theory across contexts and through time. In particular, it contributes to the development of a valid and reliable framework to categorize firms’ stakeholder considerations in sustainable business practices. © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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- Laurell, Hélène, 1970-
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An international new venture’s commercialization of a medical technology innovation : The role of institutional healthcare settings
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Marketing Review. - Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0265-1335 .- 1758-6763. ; 35:1, s. 136-163
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how different country-specific institutional healthcare settings affect an international new venture’s (INV’s) selling strategies and internationalization process when commercializing a medical technology innovation.Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on a longitudinal in-depth case study approach with a comparative healthcare analysis in Sweden, UK, Germany and the USA.Findings: An institutional framework helps elucidate the regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive dimensions in different healthcare settings. National markets differ when operating in a healthcare setting and thus affect both sales patterns and the internationalization process. In this study, three different sales patterns emerged from the countries’ and even regions’ distinctive institutional differences. Although the actual internationalization process starts from the INV’s inception, the subsequent internationalization process was both slow and focused due to institutional diversity and complexity.Practical implications: Every nation has its own unique healthcare structure, indicating the importance of choosing markets that facilitate a swift uptake of a specific medical technology innovation. Commercializing a medical technology innovation in different country-specific healthcare settings is a lengthy, complex and costly process, especially if new behaviors and routines need to be created.Originality/value: The paper contributes to the international entrepreneurship-marketing interface by developing an analytical framework for understanding country differences in relation to regulative, normative and culture-cognitive dimensions and by advancing six propositions related to the role of institutional healthcare settings and their impact on INVs’ sales patterns and internationalization processes. © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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