Understanding the low cost business model in healthcare service provision: A comparative case study in Italy

Cicellin, Mariavittoria; Scuotto, A.; Canonico, Paolo; Consiglio, Stefano; Mercurio, Lorenzo

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112572

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“…In this sense, the nine strategies of the business model innovation can be explained in light of the social business model, that is a recognized form of the business model innovation, and in particular through four main social dimensions (see Table 4) of Yunus et al. (2010), Michelini and Fiorentino (2012), Michelini (2012) and Cicellin et al. (2019), that are:social value proposition (i.e.…”

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“…Drawing on previous work (Angeli and Jaiswal, 2016;Cicellin et al, 2019;Gasparin et al, 2021) and on the business model innovation framework (Chesbrough, 2010;Foss and Saebi, 2017;Amit and Zott, 2020), we have organized the narratives, considering nine different business model themes, each corresponding to a specific strategy for business model innovation. We identified these nine main strategies starting from the business model innovation framework (Yunus et al, 2010;Michelini, 2012;Amit and Zott, 2020) described in the theoretical framework.…”

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Social bricolage and business model innovation: a framework for social entrepreneurship organizations

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PurposeThe last two decades have witnessed a surge of interest in social entrepreneurship organizations (SEOs). Understanding their business models is crucial for sustaining their long-term growth. This paper analyses how SEOs that use the approach of social bricolage adapt their business model to develop social innovation.Design/methodology/approachThis study used in-depth multiple comparative case studies and narrative analysis to focus on the South of Italy, where these ventures play a crucial role in the entrepreneurial process of minor and abandoned cultural heritage sites, generating economic and social value and employment opportunities.FindingsBy developing a conceptual framework, this paper enhances current understanding of the social dimensions of SEOs’ business model. These ventures using the approach of social bricolage can produce social innovation, reinventing and innovating their business model. The business model innovation of the cases revealed a strong social mark and identified peculiar strategies that both respond to social needs and long-term sustainability in complex contexts.Practical implicationsThis study connects previous knowledge on social bricolage with the business model innovation, highlighting routines and processes used by ventures, and provides a starting point for social entrepreneurs and innovators in the complex and often uncertain cultural domain of the Third Sector in Italy.Originality/valueThe paper aims to contribute to the literature on SEOs by exploring their main features and social dimensions. By combining social bricolage and business model innovation, it offers a novel conceptual framework for developing social innovation and for the study of SEOs.

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Social bricolage and business model innovation: a framework for social entrepreneurship organizations

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“…Therefore, drawing on these and others explanations of the social business model framework provided by literature (Austin et al , 2006; Martin and Osberg, 2007; Osterwalder and Pigneur, 2010; Yunus et al , 2010; Michelini and Fiorentino, 2012; Michelini, 2012; Cicellin et al , 2019), we use four main identification criteria to inform our analysis: social value proposition (i.e. the benefits offered by the business model through products and/or services); social value equation (i.e.…”

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Social bricolage and social business model in uncertain contexts: insights for the management of minor cultural heritage in Italy

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Purpose This paper aims to analyse how social entrepreneurship organizations that use approach of social bricolage adapt their business model to develop social innovation. The past decade has witnessed a surge of research interest in social entrepreneurship organizations (SEOs). This has resulted in important insights concerning their role in fostering social challenges. The crisis of both public and private profit-driven models meet the arising of new initiatives designed to meet the minor and often abandoned cultural heritage consumption need. Drawing on the domain of SEOs and social bricolage framework, these initiatives are able to pursue the social and the economic mission together and to produce social innovation. Design/methodology/approach This paper aims to analyze how SEOs that use strategies of social bricolage can improve the development and diffusion of social innovation. Employing in-depth multiple comparative case studies of 15 cultural SEOs in the South of Italy, through the analysis of semi-structured interview, the study enhance current understanding of the social dimension of SEOs. Findings First results show that SEOs in the domain of minor cultural heritage adopt an innovative business model and in particular a social business model unraveling organizational dimensions falling into the social bricolage. The relation between social bricolage dimensions and social business model criteria produces outcomes in which social innovation can be expressed. Originality/value This study enhances current understanding of the social dimensions of business model involved in social innovation production of cultural SEOs. This research aims to be a benchmark of the social innovation initiatives in the field of minor cultural heritage management.

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Understanding the low cost business model in healthcare service provision: A comparative case study in Italy

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Social bricolage and business model innovation: a framework for social entrepreneurship organizations

Social bricolage and business model innovation: a framework for social entrepreneurship organizations

Social bricolage and social business model in uncertain contexts: insights for the management of minor cultural heritage in Italy

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