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Exploring production of social and economic value in social enterprises through a business model framework

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how social enterprises create social and economic value through business models that support ex‐offenders. The work was motivated by a request for help from an entrepreneur wishing to establish a business that supports ex‐offender rehabilitation.
Elizabeth Green   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating a Penal System in the Republic of Latvia, 1919–1921

open access: yesActa Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2019
The government of the Republic of Latvia began creating a penal system as soon as it took control of the territory it claimed. According to the international understanding, imprisonment was not only seen as the isolation of a person, but also included ...
Aiga Bērziņa
doaj   +1 more source

Is increased hepatitis C virus case‐finding combined with current or 8‐week to 12‐week direct‐acting antiviral therapy cost‐effective in UK prisons? A prevention benefit analysis

open access: yesHepatology, 2016
Prisoners have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), but case‐finding may not have been cost‐effective because treatment often exceeded average prison stay combined with a lack of continuity of care.
N. Martin   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Coping Practices of Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Facing Power Asymmetry in Digital Platform Business

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
wiley   +1 more source

Behind Bars: The Truth about Drugs in Prisons

open access: yes, 2017
The consumption and dealing of drugs has long been a criminal offence, so how are drugs finding their way into prisons that are meant to be secure places of law enforcement?
A. O’Hagan, R. Hardwick
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No App, No Entry: Conceptualizing Digital Technology Captivity in Service Access

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We introduce Digital Technology Captivity (DTC), a form of consumer vulnerability that arises when digital technologies become the mandatory gateway to essential services. When access is tied to systems that feel unfamiliar, complex, or intimidating—and when preferred alternatives are limited—consumers may experience heightened vulnerability ...
Carolyn Wilson‐Nash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Cost of Current and Alternative Models of Multidisciplinary Care of Juvenile‐Onset Huntington's Disease

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Multidisciplinary care has been advocated for Juvenile‐onset Huntington's Disease but there has been no detailed analysis of this. Objectives To evaluate the current economic costs of providing health care for patients with Juvenile‐onset Huntington's disease (JoHD) and to model the effects and economic costs of providing a ...
Tracey A. Young   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Rapids: How Non‐Governmental Organization Managers Develop Strategic Adaptation to Repressive Political Environments

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trend of HIV/AIDS Prevalence and Related Interventions Administered in Prisons of Iran -13 Years' Experience.

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2014
HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated among injecting drug users in Iran. Like many other countries with HIV/AIDS concentrated epidemic, prisons are high risk areas for spreading HIV/AIDS.
Mohammad Shahbazi   +3 more
doaj  

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus among Prisoners, Australia, 2005–2012

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is predominantly transmitted between persons who inject drugs. For this population, global prevalence of HCV infection is high and incarceration is common and an independent risk factor for HCV acquisition.
Neil Arvin Bretaña   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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