Understanding Social Benefit-Driven Organizations in Health: A Scoping Review and the Portuguese Experience

Ana Dias (), Conceição Cunha () and Joaquim Alvarelhão ()
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Ana Dias: University of Aveiro
Conceição Cunha: University of Aveiro
Joaquim Alvarelhão: University of Aveiro

A chapter in Intangibles in the Knowledge Economy, 2025, pp 315-325 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This work arose from an interest in exploring the topic of social benefit-driven organizations, with application in health, appreciating how research has been carried out in this field. It also aims to present the Portuguese experience in this area, specifically in the context of “Portugal—Inovação Social”, a public initiative to promote and support social innovation in Portugal. A scoping review was carried out to identify and map evidence on this area, namely the focus of analysis, main actors, and regions under study. The results reveal, firstly, that most of the research in this field is not business-oriented and that there are few primary studies, which may reflect insufficient research around this issue, particularly into its application. As for the actors involved in collaboration with health, there seems to be a predominance of actors in the social area. Concerning the regions under study, the United Kingdom is dominant. Regarding Portuguese experience, projects labelled as “health” are mainly provided by the social sector and, although financing shows private companies’ involvement, concrete action is still needed.

Keywords: Social enterprise; Social corporation; Social organization; Social venture; Social firm; Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-86660-9_23

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