Abstract
Although digitalization has profoundly changed the
business logic in many industries, the healthcare sector
still operates in many areas as in the pre-digital era.
During recent years, humans have witnessed the rise of
new digital health ventures, many of which have
revolutionary ideas of how to transform business logics
in the organizational fields of healthcare. However, in
many cases the institutional arrangements of the field
are so strong that new ventures face major challenges in
breaking the institutional elements that prevent the
introduction and diffusion of service innovations. This
paper studies the cases of five companies that aim to
transform specific niche areas in healthcare and how
these entrepreneurs perceive the influence of
institutional elements on their actions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | International Journal of e-Services and Mobile Applications |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- constraints
- digital health
- entrepreneurial innovation
- healthcare
- institutional change
- institutional fit
- institutions
