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Constraints and Frugal Innovation: Enabling Sustainable Production Through the New Product Development Process

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances understanding of how constraint‐based thinking fosters sustainable innovation under resource limitations. Based on five case studies of small and medium‐sized enterprises and research groups developing frugal medical devices across diverse regions, it identifies how market, infrastructure, and user constraints shape design ...
Zulfiya Ukbaeva, Theresa Wöllner, Peter M. Bican   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of dental services from a governmental model to a revenue-generation model of operation in a tertiary care hospital: a health economics assessment

, 2022
Rajaa Alsanea, Wadood Mohammednour Tawfiq, Osama Alswailem, Tariq Majed M Alali, Abdullah Rashid AlBarkheel   +4 more
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Africa's Leadership in Global Development Debates: Contribution of the Common African Position to the Post‐2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of the Common African Position (CAP) by the African Union in 2014 marked a transformative shift in Africa's engagement with global development, shaping the post‐2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Despite its significance, the CAP's contributions remain underacknowledged in mainstream narratives. This
Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet, Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón, Azza Mustafa Babikir Ahmed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics of less invasive spinal surgery: an analysis of hospital cost differences between open and minimally invasive instrumented spinal fusion procedures during the perioperative period

, 2012
Jody A. Rodgers, Lucio, VanConia, DeLuzio, Rodgers, Lehmen   +5 more
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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics or MR quality controls: how can they fit in a tighter hospital budget?

, 2012
Girard, Franck
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Toward a comprehensive research agenda: exploring the health economics of palliative care in Australia. [PDF]

BMC Palliat Care
Schilling C, Bailey C, Merollini K, Giles A, Platts C, Currow DC, Button E, Runacres F, Crawford GB, Merlo G, Yoong J, Philip J, Tieman J, Agar MR, Yates P, Hudson P, Sundararajan V, Carter H, McCaffrey N.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Strategic Design of Public Food Procurement to Leverage Positive Food Systems Outcomes: A Framework of Actions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is substantial potential for the procurement of food by public institutions to contribute to Sustainable Development across multiple environmental, social, and economic outcomes. In this study we used theories of policy instrumentation and learning to analyse global guidance for designing public food procurement instruments to leverage ...
Erica Reeve, Carolina Venegas Hargous, Penny Farrell, Dori Patay, Holly Rippin, Anna Roesler, Anna Peeters, Anne Marie Thow   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformative Pathways for Strengthening Climate‐Resilient Health Systems Among Indigenous Communities: Advancing Equity and Sustainability in Global Health

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most climate‐resilience health interventions are designed at the global level, with minimal attention to Indigenous communities' needs. The lack of consideration can lead to unintended harm and exacerbate health risks. This study aims to identify the capacities of Indigenous communities that can serve as transformative pathways in safely ...
Chrishma D. Perera, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Carol Zavaleta‐Cortijo, Timothy D. Baird, Korine N. Kolivras, James D. Ford, Michelle Dickson, Kerrie Pickering, Guangqing Chi, Joana Bezerra, Dhanya Vijayan, Victoria Chicamana‐Zapata, Cecil Togarepi, Kheminda G. Thilakarathne, Martha M. Hangula, Francis A. Akugre, Richard Nuwagira, Jonathan Nkalubo   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploratory Analysis of Sustainable Consumption and Production Factors in Services: Insights From Four Case Studies Using Interpretive Structural Modeling

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how 14 sustainable consumption and production (SCP) factors interact across four service categories—Mass Service, Professional Service, Service Factory, and Service Shop—using interpretive structural modeling (ISM). ISM enables the identification and hierarchical classification of interdependencies among SCP factors in ...
Amanda Duarte Feitosa, Fagner José Coutinho de Melo, André Philippi Gonzaga de Albuquerque, Naia Antunis de Rezende, Denise Dumke de Medeiros   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source