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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many firms set ambitious sustainability goals but these are frequently “displaced” by proxy goals that are easier to track and measure. However, the specific types of goal conflicts that follow from this displacement are poorly understood. We conducted a case study of circular innovation initiatives at a global MedTech company and identified ...
Wiebke Reim +2 more
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Informal payments by patients in Croatia: benign custom or detrimental residue from socialism?
Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics, 2019 Almost three decades after the collapse of the socialist system, numerous informal practices inherited from that period have remained deeply entrenched in the Croatian economy and society.
Franić Josip, Kojouharov Anton
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BMC Health Services Research, 2008 Background In Tajikistan it is estimated that out of pocket payments constitute two-thirds of all health spending with high proportions of these contributions through informal payments.
Ibodova Shukufa +4 more
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IEEE Access, 2020 Electronic prescription (E-prescription) is an emerging technology that allows health practitioners (doctors, physicians, pharmacists, or nurses) to electronically transmit prescriptions to pharmacies.
Insaf Ullah +5 more
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Connecting Thoughts and Actions: A Managerial Process Model on Circular Business Model Innovation
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Addressing environmental grand challenges such as resource scarcity requires circular business model innovation (CBMI) that enables firms to efficiently close and slow resource cycles through novel activity systems. Drawing on a grounded theory approach based on 59 in‐depth interviews with top managers from Swiss SMEs, we developed a process ...
Fabian Takacs, Karolin Frankenberger
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Breast cancer disease is the most common cancer among Iranian women and imposing a significant financial burden on the households. This study calculated out-of-pocket (OOP), catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), and impoverishing health ...
Faranak Ahmadi +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo +3 more
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Regulatory barriers to equity in a health system in transition: a qualitative study in Bulgaria
BMC Health Services Research, 2011 Background Health reforms in Bulgaria have introduced major changes to the financing, delivery and regulation of health care. As in many other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, these included introducing general practice, establishing a health ...
Spencer Nick J +3 more
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The red packet phenomenon from the perspective of young Chinese doctors: a questionnaire study
BMC Medical Ethics, 2022 Background In China, informal payments in the medical profession, which workers in the public health care system receive from patients in the course of performing profession-related activities, are usually referred to as “red packets” (Hongbao 红包).
Hanhui Xu, Mengci Yuan
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Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.Despite developments in supporting the identification and selection of fit‐for‐purpose registries, a translational gap remains between the original purposes of clinically focused registries and their current and future expected use in policymaking. This study aimed to assess the extent to which cancer‐focused registries collect essential data elements ...
Manon C. Wilpshaar +4 more
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