The Viable Systems Approach and its Contribution to the Analysis of Sustainable Business Behaviors

Barile, Sergio; Saviano, Marialuisa; Iandolo, Francesca; Calabrese, Mario

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“…However, HumEnt highlights the fact that scholars need to enlarge firm performance conceptualization in the context of an expanded definition of ESP. In fact, new theories, such as the Viable System Approach (Barile et al ; Pels et al ), “identif[y] ‘viability’ as the ultimate goal of every systemic entity in competitive contexts” (Badinelli et al , p. 511).…”

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The Epistemology of Humane Entrepreneurship: Theory and Proposal for Future Research Agenda

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This paper proposes a new theory called Humane Entrepreneurship (HumEnt) and identifies areas for future development of knowledge. The new theory integrates in the Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture (ESP) three different concepts: Entrepreneurial Orientation, Sustainable Orientation, and Humane Resource Orientation. From this perspective, HumEnt theory can be considered an extension of previous research but with a new model for consideration. The components of the HumEnt theory and their relationships are outlined in an initial panel of propositions. HumEnt theory can help address the challenges present in creating a more sustainable world. Finally, a research agenda and questions are presented for future consideration.

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Section: Firm Performance and Network Ecosystem Developmentmentioning

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The Epistemology of Humane Entrepreneurship: Theory and Proposal for Future Research Agenda

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“…Within this context, sustainability offers firms the opportunity to reduce the cognitive distance between their strategies and the mental models and perceptions of consumers [118,119]. Accordingly, firms should build upon the principles of sustainability to move from a "transactional view" of the market, to a "cognitive matching" with it [120][121][122][123].…”

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The Influence of Cognitive Dimensions on the Consumer-SME Relationship: A Sustainability-Oriented View

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While companies are investing increasingly in sustainability measures, the effects of firms' sustainability actions on consumer perceptions should not be taken for granted and deserve to be investigated. By adopting the interpretative lens of consumer culture theory, this paper defines a set of cognitive dimensions which can describe consumer perceptions of sustainability actions and the behaviors of small-medium enterprises (SMEs), with the aim of identifying the relationships between firms' sustainability actions and the economic performance of SMEs. To this extent, the cognitive dimensions proposed by Green & Petre (1996) are re-elaborated to define a set of customer cognitive dimensions in the sustainability domain (resilience, wholeness, mapping, coding, and engagement). Thus, the relationships between SMEs' sustainability actions and behaviors, the defined cognitive influencers and SME performance is empirically tested. In particular, a survey of a sample of 1137 customers of 175 Italian SMEs is analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings show that the adoption of certain sustainability actions influences consumer perceptions, which in turn impacts the economic performance of SMEs.

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“…Thus, it is possible to achieve sustainability objectives in relation to the general environment. From the above it derives that pursuing sustainability objectives is fundamental and functional to guaranteeing the conditions of viability and, therefore, the survival of the system [41,42].…”

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This paper aims to propose a methodological lens to the assessment of technological innovations in healthcare based on the principles of social, economic, and political sustainability. Starting from the consideration of a lack of a unified interpretative framework of health technology assessment, using a content analysis of the relevant literature on the topic, we identified both the scientific perspectives adopted by the scholars and the most widely discussed topics. Consequently, the less explored scientific areas were framed, and, therefore, those more susceptible to further investigation came to light. The result is an overall picture which highlights the absence of unified and generally accepted approaches to evaluation, together with the lack of awareness on the fact that the multiplicity of methods adopted is essentially connected to the multiplicity of innovations, for each of which a method (or a set of methods) of preferable evaluation can be prefigured. Based on these observations, we propose a general reference framework for evaluation, based on the Viable Systems Approach (vSa), and a schematic outline of the connections between the complexity of innovations and the evaluation methodologies.Sustainability 2018, 10, 4748 2 of 22 other relates to the increasingly demanding policy makers and funders, who require greater evidence for new and existing therapies [6].Adopted primarily in the USA in the 1970s [7,8] and rapidly spread in Europe in the following decades, HTAs are currently being introduced in most countries of the world [3]. During the 1970s, the focus was to summarize the evidence concerning studies on the cost effectiveness of health interventions. Afterwards, at the end of the 1990s, HTA widened its focus from the evaluation of only large, expensive and machine-based technologies also to smaller technologies and healthcare, addressing broader issues (organizational, social implications, and ethics) [7]. Currently, the health technology assessment processes critically evaluate reimbursement submissions of pharmaceuticals, simple medical devices, and complex medical devices, such as hospital technologies [9], vaccines, procedures, health services, and public health interventions. Therefore, they are becoming an important tool to support health policy decisions in many countries [9].Nowadays, the importance of HTAs has increased further, also spreading in Central and Eastern European countries. HTA activities have a national focus associated with the Ministry of Health and, by influencing health policy documents of the European Commission, it seems likely that, in the future, the HTA will be institutionalized somehow as part of the EU's activities. The task of applying HTA techniques for the evaluation of new health technologies is devolved to the different government support bodies (e.g., NICE in the UK, IQWIG in Germany, and AGENAS in Italy).Thus, HTAs act to define a policy research approach that examines the short and long-term social, economic, and political consequences of the applicatio...

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The Viable Systems Approach and its Contribution to the Analysis of Sustainable Business Behaviors

Cited by 62 publications

References 24 publications

The Epistemology of Humane Entrepreneurship: Theory and Proposal for Future Research Agenda

The Epistemology of Humane Entrepreneurship: Theory and Proposal for Future Research Agenda

The Influence of Cognitive Dimensions on the Consumer-SME Relationship: A Sustainability-Oriented View

From Health Technology Assessment to Health Technology Sustainability

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