The Business Model and Innovation Analyses: The Sustainable Transition Obstacles and Drivers for the Hospital Supply Chains

Catia Milena Lopes, Annibal José Scavarda, Mauricio Nunes Macedo de Carvalho and André Luis Korzenowski
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Catia Milena Lopes: Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93020-190, Brazil
Annibal José Scavarda: School of Production Engineering, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22451-070, Brazil
Mauricio Nunes Macedo de Carvalho: Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93020-190, Brazil
André Luis Korzenowski: Polytechnic School, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93020-190, Brazil

Resources, 2018, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: This research aims to discuss the business model themes supported by the innovation regarding the sustainable transition difficulties to promote the hospital supply chains. A model for future applications and empirical analyzes in the health service area is proposed. In the current hospital scenario, the systems are characterized by the individualistic attention of the closed business models, hampering the promotion of the business models, the innovation, and the sustainable transitions as the sustainable supply chain (SSC) enablers. The survey evaluates the private hospital chain in Brazil. The model was evaluated by seven specialists indicated by the main private Brazilian hospitals that are accredited by Joint Commission International and Public Ministry. The discussion presented seeks to advance the observation and the understanding of the relationships among the business models, the innovation, the sustainable transitions, and the sustainable supply chains in the health socioeconomic context through the lens of the service provider, without exhausting these themes separately. The main results are the issues related to the difficulties of sustainable transition to promote the SSC in the hospital context, showing the elements into which the hospitals are inserted and helping to close the gap in the literature on the subject. Sustainable transitions, along with the SSC, present themselves as rich and challenging themes, but are beneficial for conducting dialogues between approaches.

Keywords: business model; innovation; sustainable transition; sustainable supply chain; hospital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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