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

• Published in: Resources (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 3
• Main Authors: Lopes, Catia Milena, Scavarda, Annibal José, Carvalho, Mauricio Nunes Macedo de, Korzenowski, André Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 23.12.2018
• Subjects: business model; Business models; Collaboration; Competitive advantage; Context; Empirical analysis; Evolution; hospital; Hospitals; innovation; Innovations; Service areas; Socioeconomic factors; Suppliers; Supply chain sustainability; Supply chains; Sustainability; sustainable supply chain; sustainable transition; Transportation services; Trends
• ISSN: 2079-9276; 2079-9276
• DOI: 10.3390/resources8010003

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.